Kentucky · Census place 2123932

Edgewood, Kentucky

Edgewood is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky with an estimated 8,526 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,526
#51 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+83 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,001 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Edgewood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Edgewood population, 2020 to 2024

Edgewood added 83 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +87. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Edgewood is 81% of it.

8,44320208,43620218,40520228,43920238,5262024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,438. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Edgewood covers 4.26 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,001 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Edgewood is denser than the typical town.

What county Edgewood is in

All of Edgewood's residents live in Kenton County, which had 174,862 residents in 2024. Edgewood holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Edgewood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Edgewood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41017. 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 Edgewood is

The Census internal point of Edgewood is at 39.008700, -84.559900. Frankfort, the capital, is 59.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elsmere, KY (9,337 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 9.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.008700, -84.559900
DMS
39°00'31.32"N 84°33'35.64"W
UTM
16N 711280.1E 4320574.8N
Geohash
dngvgv365
Plus code
86FQ2C5R+F2

Daylight in Edgewood

At 39.01° N, Edgewood gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Edgewood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Crestview Hills, 1.2 miles away, with 3,338 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Edgewood, KY?

8,526 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 83 (1.0%) from 8,443 in July 2020.

What county is Edgewood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Edgewood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41017.

How far is Edgewood from Frankfort?

59.3 miles (95.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Edgewood.

What is the nearest larger city to Edgewood?

Elsmere, KY, with 9,337 residents, 2.5 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.