Furnace Creek is a community in Inyo County, California, home to about 73 people across 31 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 92328.
Part is in Furnace Creek, part in Homewood Canyon and Trona
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| Nearest major airport | Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)101 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Las Vegas, NV92 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Los Angeles, CA189 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Furnace Creek; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Furnace Creek had 136 residents in the 2020 census, up 339% since 2000.
It’s the 1478th largest of 1,563 towns in California by population.
Inyo County grew from 4,377 residents in 1900 to 19,016 in 2020.
Inyo County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 117°F in summer, and winter lows average 41°F. About 2.3 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Death Valley Np, CA weather station (2 miles away).
5,048 jobs at 505 businesses in Inyo County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Parks (1 nearby)
Libraries (1 nearby)
Museums (2 nearby)
Counts are within about 4 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Homewood Canyon, Trona and Valley Wells.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.