California · Census place 0650874
Nevada City, California
Nevada City is a city in Nevada County, California with an estimated 3,195 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 445th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,195
- #445 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +43 people
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,420 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Nevada City population, 2020 to 2024
Nevada City added 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +18.
Nevada City covers 2.25 square miles of land, for 1,420 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Nevada City is less dense than the typical town.
What county Nevada City is in
All of Nevada City's residents live in Nevada County, which had 102,195 residents in 2024. Nevada City holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Nevada City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nevada City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95959. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Nevada City is
The Census internal point of Nevada City is at 39.259600, -121.033300. Sacramento, the capital, is 53.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grass Valley, CA (14,085 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Roseville, CA, 37.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.259600, -121.033300
- DMS
- 39°15'34.56"N 121°01'59.88"W
- UTM
- 10N 669682.7E 4347428.7N
- Geohash
- 9qczmffpx
- Plus code
- 84FW7X58+RM
Daylight in Nevada City
At 39.26° N, Nevada City gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Nevada City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Grass Valley, 2.9 miles away, with 14,085 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Nevada City, CA?
3,195 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 43 (1.4%) from 3,152 in July 2020.
What county is Nevada City in?
Nevada County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Nevada City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95959.
How far is Nevada City from Sacramento?
53.3 miles (85.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Nevada City.
What is the nearest larger city to Nevada City?
Grass Valley, CA, with 14,085 residents, 2.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.