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Thermal, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Thermal, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 19,801. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet THERMAL-CA · Thermal, CA 1 ZIPs · 19,801 pop · #24100/25278 · Riverside County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $38,654
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24100/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Hemet
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-TOWN 19,801
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $163,800

Nearest income peer: Hemet, CA (+ $23,600 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Thermal

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Thermal on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Thermal, CA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

5th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
19,801
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$38,654
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($38,654 average) · poverty 20.1%. The primary code (92274) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Thermal as a pure owner town.

Within California, Earp is the closest lower-income city and Port Costa the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Thermal.

Population concentration

Thermal's single ZIP 92274 carries the town

Thermal is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 92274 is the entire residential footprint (19,801 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Thermal

Citywide ZBP: 135 establishments, 1,627 employees , annual payroll $91,362k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 92274 (135 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (29) · also Retail trade · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Thermal, CA

These ZIP codes sit in Riverside County, which covers 70 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Thermal. See the Riverside County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Riverside County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Thermal, Riverside, Corona and Moreno Valley among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Corona marks the far end of that range at $123,148, 219% above Thermal.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
92274 19,801 $38,654 135 43
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Thermal roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Thermal, .