Kentucky · Census place 2113492
Cave City, Kentucky
Cave City is a city in Barren County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,394 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 129th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,394
- #129 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +34 people
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 542 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Cave City population, 2020 to 2024
Cave City added 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +26.
Cave City covers 4.42 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 542 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Cave City is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cave City is in
All of Cave City's residents live in Barren County, which had 45,609 residents in 2024. Cave City holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cave City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cave City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42127. 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 Cave City is
The Census internal point of Cave City is at 37.139500, -85.964400. Frankfort, the capital, is 93.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glasgow, KY (15,388 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 72.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.139500, -85.964400
- DMS
- 37°08'22.20"N 85°57'51.84"W
- UTM
- 16N 591976.4E 4110849.6N
- Geohash
- dndg7c49k
- Plus code
- 869P42QP+R6
Daylight in Cave City
At 37.14° N, Cave City gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cave City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Horse Cave, 3.3 miles away, with 2,270 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cave City, KY?
2,394 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 34 (1.4%) from 2,360 in July 2020.
What county is Cave City in?
Barren County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cave City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42127.
How far is Cave City from Frankfort?
93.7 miles (150.9 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Cave City.
What is the nearest larger city to Cave City?
Glasgow, KY, with 15,388 residents, 9.6 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.