Kentucky · Census place 2143480

La Grange, Kentucky

La Grange is a city in Oldham County, Kentucky with an estimated 10,541 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,541
#40 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+4.7%
+473 people
Land area
7.2 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,460 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: La Grange. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

La Grange population, 2020 to 2024

La Grange added 473 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +105. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 15th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so La Grange is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,054. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

La Grange covers 7.22 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,460 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so La Grange is close to the typical town.

What county La Grange is in

All of La Grange's residents live in Oldham County, which had 70,525 residents in 2024. La Grange holds 14.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in La Grange

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps La Grange by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40031. 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 La Grange is

The Census internal point of La Grange is at 38.397300, -85.376800. Frankfort, the capital, is 30.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lyndon, KY (11,221 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 21.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.397300, -85.376800
DMS
38°23'50.28"N 85°22'36.48"W
UTM
16N 641744.7E 4251145.0N
Geohash
dng63nn82
Plus code
86CP9JWF+W7

Daylight in La Grange

At 38.40° N, La Grange gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near La Grange

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Crestwood, 6.6 miles away, with 6,493 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of La Grange, KY?

10,541 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 473 (4.7%) from 10,068 in July 2020.

What county is La Grange in?

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

What ZIP codes cover La Grange?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40031.

How far is La Grange from Frankfort?

30.8 miles (49.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from La Grange.

What is the nearest larger city to La Grange?

Lyndon, KY, with 11,221 residents, 14.7 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.