Kentucky · Census place 2109838
Brodhead, Kentucky
Brodhead is a city in Rockcastle County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,112 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 194th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,112
- #194 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -9 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 635 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Brodhead population, 2020 to 2024
Brodhead lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Brodhead covers 1.75 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 635 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Brodhead is less dense than the typical town.
What county Brodhead is in
All of Brodhead's residents live in Rockcastle County, which had 16,226 residents in 2024. Brodhead holds 6.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Brodhead
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brodhead by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40409. 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 Brodhead is
The Census internal point of Brodhead is at 37.406500, -84.416600. Frankfort, the capital, is 59.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Vernon, KY (2,458 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 43.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.406500, -84.416600
- DMS
- 37°24'23.40"N 84°24'59.76"W
- UTM
- 16N 728651.8E 4143100.9N
- Geohash
- dneuz19sw
- Plus code
- 869QCH4M+J9
Daylight in Brodhead
At 37.41° N, Brodhead gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Brodhead
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Vernon, 5.7 miles away, with 2,458 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Brodhead, KY?
1,112 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 9 (0.8%) from 1,121 in July 2020.
What county is Brodhead in?
Rockcastle County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Brodhead?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40409.
How far is Brodhead from Frankfort?
59.5 miles (95.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Brodhead.
What is the nearest larger city to Brodhead?
Mount Vernon, KY, with 2,458 residents, 5.7 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.