Ely, Nevada

Ely population, 2020 to 2024

Ely lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

Ely covers 7.63 square miles of land, for 510 people per square mile of land. The median Nevada place of 5,000+ has 1,876, so Ely is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ely is in

All of Ely's residents live in White Pine County, which had 8,534 residents in 2024. Ely holds 45.6% 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: 89301. 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 39.264900, -114.870900. Carson City, the capital, is 262.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Wendover, NV (4,528 people), 110.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. George, UT, 166.7 miles away.

Daylight in Ely

At 39.26° N, Ely 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 Ely

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nevada, measured between internal points. The closest is West Wendover, 110.2 miles away, with 4,528 people.