Fernley, Nevada

Fernley population, 2020 to 2024

Fernley added 2,482 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.8%. In the latest year it moved by +732. Among 12 Nevada places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Nevada has 41,828 people, so Fernley is 61% of it.

Fernley covers 122.72 square miles of land and 6.74 of water, for 208 people per square mile of land. The median Nevada place of 5,000+ has 1,876, so Fernley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fernley is in

All of Fernley's residents live in Lyon County, which had 63,718 residents in 2024. Fernley holds 40.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fernley

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fernley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 89406, 89408, 89429. 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 Fernley is

The Census internal point of Fernley is at 39.564800, -119.189400. Carson City, the capital, is 41.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sparks, NV (111,520 people), 28.0 miles away.

Daylight in Fernley

At 39.56° N, Fernley gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fernley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Nevada, measured between internal points. The closest is Fallon, 22.8 miles away, with 9,647 people.