Mayfield, Kentucky

Mayfield population, 2020 to 2024

Mayfield lost 173 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +47. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 72nd; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Mayfield is 93% of it.

Mayfield covers 7.35 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,334 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Mayfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mayfield is in

All of Mayfield's residents live in Graves County, which had 36,821 residents in 2024. Mayfield holds 26.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mayfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mayfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42066. 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 Mayfield is

The Census internal point of Mayfield is at 36.737500, -88.644500. Frankfort, the capital, is 229.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Murray, KY (18,567 people), 19.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 73.0 miles away.

Daylight in Mayfield

At 36.74° N, Mayfield gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mayfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Benton, 17.4 miles away, with 4,726 people.