Kentucky · Census place 2148558

Lyndon, Kentucky

Lyndon is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky with an estimated 11,221 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 37th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,221
#37 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+2.0%
+215 people
Land area
3.6 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
3,117 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Lyndon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Lyndon population, 2020 to 2024

Lyndon added 215 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +158. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Lyndon is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,003. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lyndon covers 3.60 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 3,117 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Lyndon is denser than the typical town.

What county Lyndon is in

All of Lyndon's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 793,881 residents in 2024. Lyndon holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lyndon

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lyndon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40222, 40223, 40242. 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 Lyndon is

The Census internal point of Lyndon is at 38.263000, -85.587900. Frankfort, the capital, is 39.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Matthews, KY (17,806 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 7.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.263000, -85.587900
DMS
38°15'46.80"N 85°35'16.44"W
UTM
16N 623537.5E 4235938.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CP7C76+6R

Daylight in Lyndon

At 38.26° N, Lyndon gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lyndon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Hurstbourne, 1.6 miles away, with 4,777 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lyndon, KY?

11,221 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 215 (2.0%) from 11,006 in July 2020.

What county is Lyndon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lyndon?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 40222, 40223, 40242.

How far is Lyndon from Frankfort?

39.0 miles (62.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Lyndon.

What is the nearest larger city to Lyndon?

St. Matthews, KY, with 17,806 residents, 2.9 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.