Glasgow, Kentucky

Glasgow population, 2020 to 2024

Glasgow added 371 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +85. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Glasgow is 1.5 times that size.

Glasgow covers 16.11 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 955 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Glasgow is less dense than the typical town.

What county Glasgow is in

All of Glasgow's residents live in Barren County, which had 45,609 residents in 2024. Glasgow holds 33.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Glasgow

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glasgow by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42141. 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 Glasgow is

The Census internal point of Glasgow is at 37.004800, -85.925900. Frankfort, the capital, is 99.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bowling Green, KY (79,076 people), 28.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 74.8 miles away.

Daylight in Glasgow

At 37.00° N, Glasgow gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Glasgow

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Cave City, 9.5 miles away, with 2,394 people.