Kentucky · Census place 2118496
Crestwood, Kentucky
Crestwood is a city in Oldham County, Kentucky with an estimated 6,493 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 68th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,493
- #68 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +4.8%
- +295 people
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,603 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Crestwood population, 2020 to 2024
Crestwood added 295 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.8%. In the latest year it moved by +67. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Crestwood is 62% of it.
Crestwood covers 4.05 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,603 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Crestwood is close to the typical town.
What county Crestwood is in
All of Crestwood's residents live in Oldham County, which had 70,525 residents in 2024. Crestwood holds 9.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Crestwood
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Crestwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40014. 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 Crestwood is
The Census internal point of Crestwood is at 38.343700, -85.477700. Frankfort, the capital, is 34.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is La Grange, KY (10,541 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 15.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.343700, -85.477700
- DMS
- 38°20'37.32"N 85°28'39.72"W
- UTM
- 16N 633031.3E 4245046.9N
- Geohash
- dng4num01
- Plus code
- 86CP8GVC+FW
Daylight in Crestwood
At 38.34° N, Crestwood gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Crestwood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Pewee Valley, 2.3 miles away, with 1,659 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Crestwood, KY?
6,493 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 295 (4.8%) from 6,198 in July 2020.
What county is Crestwood in?
Oldham County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Crestwood?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40014.
How far is Crestwood from Frankfort?
34.4 miles (55.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Crestwood.
What is the nearest larger city to Crestwood?
La Grange, KY, with 10,541 residents, 6.6 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.