Kentucky · Census place 2122204

Douglass Hills, Kentucky

Douglass Hills is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky with an estimated 5,558 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 78th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,558
#78 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+99 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
4,179 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Douglass Hills. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Douglass Hills population, 2020 to 2024

Douglass Hills added 99 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +77. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 43rd; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Douglass Hills is 53% of it.

5,45920205,43320215,43020225,48120235,5582024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,458. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Douglass Hills covers 1.33 square miles of land, for 4,179 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Douglass Hills is denser than the typical town.

What county Douglass Hills is in

All of Douglass Hills's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 793,881 residents in 2024. Douglass Hills holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Douglass Hills

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Douglass Hills by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40223, 40243. 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 Douglass Hills is

The Census internal point of Douglass Hills is at 38.236100, -85.553200. Frankfort, the capital, is 37.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Middletown, KY (9,908 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 7.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.236100, -85.553200
DMS
38°14'9.96"N 85°33'11.52"W
UTM
16N 626620.0E 4233000.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CP6CPW+CP

Daylight in Douglass Hills

At 38.24° N, Douglass Hills 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 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Douglass Hills

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Middletown, 1.8 miles away, with 9,908 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Douglass Hills, KY?

5,558 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 99 (1.8%) from 5,459 in July 2020.

What county is Douglass Hills in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Douglass Hills?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 40223, 40243.

How far is Douglass Hills from Frankfort?

37.0 miles (59.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Douglass Hills.

What is the nearest larger city to Douglass Hills?

Middletown, KY, with 9,908 residents, 1.8 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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