Pennsylvania · Census place 4225680
Ferndale, Pennsylvania
Ferndale is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,501 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 496th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,501
- #496 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -45 people
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,849 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Ferndale population, 2020 to 2024
Ferndale lost 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Ferndale covers 0.39 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 3,849 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Ferndale is close to the typical town.
What county Ferndale is in
All of Ferndale's residents live in Cambria County, which had 130,108 residents in 2024. Ferndale holds 1.2% 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 borough's land: 15905. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Ferndale is
The Census internal point of Ferndale is at 40.290500, -78.919800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 107.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Southmont, PA (1,985 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 56.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.290500, -78.919800
- DMS
- 40°17'25.80"N 78°55'11.28"W
- UTM
- 17N 676816.9E 4462076.8N
- Geohash
- dppvhnsm5
- Plus code
- 87G373RJ+63
Daylight in Ferndale
At 40.29° N, Ferndale gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 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 Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Southmont, 1.6 miles away, with 1,985 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ferndale, PA?
1,501 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 45 (2.9%) from 1,546 in July 2020.
What county is Ferndale in?
Cambria County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ferndale?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15905.
How far is Ferndale from Harrisburg?
107.3 miles (172.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Ferndale.
What is the nearest larger city to Ferndale?
Southmont, PA, with 1,985 residents, 1.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.