Kentucky · Census place 2139646

Irvine, Kentucky

Irvine is a city in Estill County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,287 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 134th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,287
#134 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
-3.1%
-72 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
1,566 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Irvine. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Irvine population, 2020 to 2024

Irvine lost 72 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

2,35920202,33520212,30820222,28720232,2872024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,362. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Irvine covers 1.46 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,566 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Irvine is close to the typical town.

What county Irvine is in

All of Irvine's residents live in Estill County, which had 14,002 residents in 2024. Irvine holds 16.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Irvine

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Irvine by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40336. 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 Irvine is

The Census internal point of Irvine is at 37.696400, -83.968300. Frankfort, the capital, is 59.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Stanton, KY (3,171 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 35.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.696400, -83.968300
DMS
37°41'47.04"N 83°58'5.88"W
UTM
17N 238290.7E 4176278.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
869RM2WJ+HM

Daylight in Irvine

At 37.70° N, Irvine gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Irvine

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Clay City, 11.6 miles away, with 1,176 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Irvine, KY?

2,287 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 72 (3.1%) from 2,359 in July 2020.

What county is Irvine in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Irvine?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40336.

How far is Irvine from Frankfort?

59.9 miles (96.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Irvine.

What is the nearest larger city to Irvine?

Stanton, KY, with 3,171 residents, 12.2 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.