Kentucky · Census place 2149656

Manchester, Kentucky

Manchester is a city in Clay County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,433 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 177th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,433
#177 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
-5.8%
-88 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
489 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Manchester. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Manchester population, 2020 to 2024

Manchester lost 88 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.8%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

1,52120201,50320211,46520221,43920231,4332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,525. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Manchester covers 2.93 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 489 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Manchester is less dense than the typical town.

What county Manchester is in

All of Manchester's residents live in Clay County, which had 19,592 residents in 2024. Manchester holds 7.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Manchester

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Manchester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40962. 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 Manchester is

The Census internal point of Manchester is at 37.148100, -83.763800. Frankfort, the capital, is 94.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is London, KY (7,573 people), 17.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 72.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.148100, -83.763800
DMS
37°08'53.16"N 83°45'49.68"W
UTM
17N 254539.7E 4114878.4N
Geohash
dns7mft53
Plus code
869R46XP+6F

Daylight in Manchester

At 37.15° N, Manchester gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Manchester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is London, 17.7 miles away, with 7,573 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Manchester, KY?

1,433 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 88 (5.8%) from 1,521 in July 2020.

What county is Manchester in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Manchester?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40962.

How far is Manchester from Frankfort?

94.1 miles (151.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Manchester.

What is the nearest larger city to Manchester?

London, KY, with 7,573 residents, 17.7 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.