Kentucky · Census place 2151978

Middletown, Kentucky

Middletown is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky with an estimated 9,908 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 43rd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,908
#43 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+2.0%
+191 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,928 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Middletown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Middletown population, 2020 to 2024

Middletown added 191 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +141. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Middletown is 94% of it.

9,71720209,67820219,67320229,76720239,9082024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,714. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Middletown covers 5.14 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,928 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Middletown is denser than the typical town.

What county Middletown is in

All of Middletown's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 793,881 residents in 2024. Middletown holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Middletown

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Middletown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40223, 40243, 40299. 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 Middletown is

The Census internal point of Middletown is at 38.242100, -85.520700. Frankfort, the capital, is 35.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jeffersontown, KY (29,388 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 8.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.242100, -85.520700
DMS
38°14'31.56"N 85°31'14.52"W
UTM
16N 629453.8E 4233711.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CP6FRH+RP

Daylight in Middletown

At 38.24° N, Middletown 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 Middletown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Douglass Hills, 1.8 miles away, with 5,558 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Middletown, KY?

9,908 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 191 (2.0%) from 9,717 in July 2020.

What county is Middletown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Middletown?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 40223, 40243, 40299.

How far is Middletown from Frankfort?

35.3 miles (56.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Middletown.

What is the nearest larger city to Middletown?

Jeffersontown, KY, with 29,388 residents, 3.7 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.