Ely, Minnesota

Ely population, 2020 to 2024

Ely lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -14.

Ely covers 2.92 square miles of land, for 1,101 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Ely is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ely is in

All of Ely's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 200,794 residents in 2024. Ely holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ely

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ely by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55731. 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 Ely is

The Census internal point of Ely is at 47.905600, -91.850700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 212.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Virginia, MN (8,267 people), 40.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 212.8 miles away.

Daylight in Ely

At 47.91° N, Ely gets about 16 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ely

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Babbitt, 18.5 miles away, with 1,370 people.