Elevation of Ventura
33ft
above sea level · 10 m
Ventura is a city in California with 109,914 people, the 62nd most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 34th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 34.28° N · 119.29° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 34° 16′ 42″ N · 119° 17′ 35″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 11S · 288,903 E · 3,795,398 N
- Zone 11 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Pacific Time
- UTC−8 · UTC−7 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 109,914 people
- 21.9 sq mi of land · 5,028 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from June 2018: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Ventura had 109,914 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 0.8% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 110,746. Its 21.9 sq mi of land work out to 5,028 people/sq mi; the state average is 253 people/sq mi.
It’s the 62nd most populous of the 1,617 places the Census counts in California (cities, towns and CDPs), after Los Angeles (3,869,089), and holds 0.3% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Ventura County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 2.3 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Ventura sits at 33 ft (10 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Ventura is 829 ft below it.
The state capital, Sacramento, is 321 mi away in a straight line and 6 ft lower than Ventura.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Los Angeles, 62 mi away in a straight line and 251 ft higher.
Of the 75 cities in California with a page, Ventura is the 4th lowest: the highest is Hesperia (3,178 ft) and the lowest is Stockton (12 ft).
The highest point in California is Mount Whitney, at 14,494 ft according to the USGS: 14,461 ft above Ventura, 169 mi away in a straight line.
- 216 Ventura 33 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Ventura.
What is the elevation of Ventura?
Ventura is 33 feet (10 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Ventura?
Latitude 34.27834 and longitude -119.29317, in decimal degrees (34° 16′ 42″ N · 119° 17′ 35″ W). In UTM, zone 11: 288,903 E and 3,795,398 N, on NAD83.
How does Ventura rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 34th lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Ventura in?
Ventura County, California.
Which is higher, Ventura or Sacramento?
Ventura. Ventura sits at 33 ft and Sacramento at 27 ft: a difference of 6 ft, 321 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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