Erlanger, Kentucky

Erlanger population, 2020 to 2024

Erlanger added 483 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +237. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Erlanger is 1.9 times that size.

Erlanger covers 8.39 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 2,404 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Erlanger is denser than the typical town.

What county Erlanger is in

All of Erlanger's residents live in Kenton County, which had 174,862 residents in 2024. Erlanger holds 11.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Erlanger

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Erlanger by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41017, 41018, 41051. 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 Erlanger is

The Census internal point of Erlanger is at 39.039400, -84.600100. Frankfort, the capital, is 60.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Florence, KY (33,763 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 8.6 miles away.

Daylight in Erlanger

At 39.04° N, Erlanger gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 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 Erlanger

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Crescent Springs, 1.6 miles away, with 4,707 people.