Kentucky · Census place 2102638
Auburn, Kentucky
Auburn is a city in Logan County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,674 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 162nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,674
- #162 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +5.2%
- +83 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Density
- 915 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Auburn population, 2020 to 2024
Auburn added 83 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +57.
Auburn covers 1.83 square miles of land, for 915 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Auburn is less dense than the typical town.
What county Auburn is in
All of Auburn's residents live in Logan County, which had 28,467 residents in 2024. Auburn holds 5.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Auburn
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Auburn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42206. 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 Auburn is
The Census internal point of Auburn is at 36.864500, -86.709600. Frankfort, the capital, is 135.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Russellville, KY (7,431 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 40.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.864500, -86.709600
- DMS
- 36°51'52.20"N 86°42'34.56"W
- UTM
- 16N 525884.5E 4079880.4N
- Geohash
- dnd3dygzr
- Plus code
- 868MV77R+Q5
Daylight in Auburn
At 36.86° N, Auburn gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Auburn
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Russellville, 10.4 miles away, with 7,431 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Auburn, KY?
1,674 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 83 (5.2%) from 1,591 in July 2020.
What county is Auburn in?
Logan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Auburn?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42206.
How far is Auburn from Frankfort?
135.8 miles (218.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Auburn.
What is the nearest larger city to Auburn?
Russellville, KY, with 7,431 residents, 10.4 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.