Salton Sea BeachCA
With 453 residents, it is a town in California.
Is Salton Sea Beach a good place to live?
Salton Sea Beach’s July high is 108°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Salton Sea Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
453 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Salton Sea Beach: who provides what
Salton Sea Beach is unincorporated, so Imperial County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Salton Sea Beach.
The biggest natural risk in Salton Sea Beach is earthquakes, at a very high overall level
The risk rating from FEMA here in Salton Sea Beach is 85 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 50% come from earthquakes and 47% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Salton Sea Beach, expect mild winters and hot summers
In Salton Sea Beach, the January low is 44°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A job hub: Salton Sea Beach has 1.1 jobs for every working resident and draws in 153 commuters
Jobs in Salton Sea Beach grew by 142 from 2014 to 2024, reaching 154. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 1% of working residents work locally. Among residents here, 21% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are San Diego (10%), Oasis (6%) and Coachella (5%).
| Salton Sea Beach | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 6.6% | 7.9% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
How healthy Salton Sea Beach is
Among adults in Salton Sea Beach, 19% report frequent physical distress and 36% get no exercise outside work. For adults here, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 34%.
| Salton Sea Beach | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 22% | 19% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Salton Sea Beach | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.2% | 10.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 21.5% | 10.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.7% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Salton Sea and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Salton Sea Beach. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi LakeSalton Sea
Big draw22 mi National ParkJoshua Tree National Park2.9M visitors a year
13 mi LakeLake Cahuilla
34 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Arena
24 mi State parkAnza-Borrego Desert State Park
32 mi LandmarkSalvation MountainPhoto credits
Salton Sea: NASA, Public domain · Joshua Tree National Park: Sergiy Galyonkin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Cahuilla: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Acrisure Arena: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park: No machine-readable author provided. Miskatonic assumed (based on copyright clai, CC BY 2.5 · Salvation Mountain: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Salton Sea Beach
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Salton Sea Beach; the nearest are
About 10 of every 100 Salton Sea Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Questions about Salton Sea Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Salton Sea Beach, CA a good place to live?
Salton Sea Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.