Elko, Nevada

Elko population, 2020 to 2024

Elko added 265 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +20. Among 12 Nevada places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nevada has 41,828 people, so Elko is 50% of it.

Elko covers 17.85 square miles of land, for 1,166 people per square mile of land. The median Nevada place of 5,000+ has 1,876, so Elko is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elko is in

All of Elko's residents live in Elko County, which had 54,363 residents in 2024. Elko holds 38.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elko

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elko by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 89801. 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 Elko is

The Census internal point of Elko is at 40.838100, -115.767800. Carson City, the capital, is 241.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Twin Falls, ID (55,589 people), 137.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boise City, ID, 192.3 miles away.

Daylight in Elko

At 40.84° N, Elko gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elko

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nevada, measured between internal points. The closest is Carlin, 19.6 miles away, with 2,000 people.