Ferndale, Michigan

Ferndale population, 2020 to 2024

Ferndale added 233 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +242. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Ferndale is 1.6 times that size.

Ferndale covers 3.88 square miles of land, for 5,008 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Ferndale is denser than the typical town.

What county Ferndale is in

All of Ferndale's residents live in Oakland County, which had 1,296,888 residents in 2024. Ferndale holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ferndale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ferndale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48220. 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 Ferndale is

The Census internal point of Ferndale is at 42.459200, -83.131400. Lansing, the capital, is 74.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oak Park, MI (29,402 people), 2.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Detroit, MI, 5.5 miles away.

Daylight in Ferndale

At 42.46° N, Ferndale gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ferndale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Pleasant Ridge, 1.1 miles away, with 2,619 people.