Central City, Kentucky

Central City population, 2020 to 2024

Central City lost 75 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -53. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 67th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Central City is 54% of it.

Central City covers 5.30 square miles of land, for 1,084 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Central City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Central City is in

All of Central City's residents live in Muhlenberg County, which had 30,512 residents in 2024. Central City holds 18.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Central City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Central City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42330. 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 Central City is

The Census internal point of Central City is at 37.296800, -87.129000. Frankfort, the capital, is 137.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madisonville, KY (19,502 people), 20.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 51.9 miles away.

Daylight in Central City

At 37.30° N, Central City gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Central City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenville, 6.5 miles away, with 4,353 people.