Kentucky · Census place 2111044

Burgin, Kentucky

Burgin is a city in Mercer County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,017 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 202nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,017; #202 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020: +3.6%; +35 people
Land area: 1.3 sq mi
Density: 807 / sq mi; State median 1,588

Orange pin: Burgin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Burgin population, 2020 to 2024

Burgin added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 982. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Burgin covers 1.26 square miles of land, for 807 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Burgin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Burgin is in

All of Burgin's residents live in Mercer County, which had 23,515 residents in 2024. Burgin holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Burgin

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Burgin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40310, 40330. 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 Burgin is

The Census internal point of Burgin is at 37.757500, -84.760700. Frankfort, the capital, is 30.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrodsburg, KY (9,491 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 25.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 37.757500, -84.760700
DMS: 37°45'27.00"N 84°45'38.52"W
UTM: 16N 697262.9E 4181270.8N
Geohash: dnewz1x1k
Plus code: 869QQ65Q+2P

Daylight in Burgin

At 37.76° N, Burgin gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Burgin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Harrodsburg, 4.9 miles away, with 9,491 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Burgin, KY?

1,017 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (3.6%) from 982 in July 2020.

What county is Burgin in?

Mercer County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Burgin?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 40310, 40330.

How far is Burgin from Frankfort?

30.3 miles (48.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Burgin.

What is the nearest larger city to Burgin?

Harrodsburg, KY, with 9,491 residents, 4.8 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.