Kentucky · Census place 2152140

Midway, Kentucky

Midway is a city in Woodford County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,780 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 152nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,780; #152 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020: +2.6%; +45 people
Land area: 1.4 sq mi
Density: 1,245 / sq mi; State median 1,588

Orange pin: Midway. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Midway population, 2020 to 2024

Midway added 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,734. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Midway covers 1.43 square miles of land, for 1,245 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Midway is less dense than the typical town.

What county Midway is in

All of Midway's residents live in Woodford County, which had 27,728 residents in 2024. Midway holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Midway

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Midway by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40347. 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 Midway is

The Census internal point of Midway is at 38.146500, -84.686100. Frankfort, the capital, is 10.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Versailles, KY (10,656 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 14.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.146500, -84.686100
DMS: 38°08'47.40"N 84°41'9.96"W
UTM: 16N 702762.6E 4224599.4N
Geohash: dngc0bm7q
Plus code: 86CQ48W7+JH

Daylight in Midway

At 38.15° N, Midway gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Midway

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Versailles, 7.1 miles away, with 10,656 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Midway, KY?

1,780 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 45 (2.6%) from 1,735 in July 2020.

What county is Midway in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Midway?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40347.

How far is Midway from Frankfort?

10.6 miles (17.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Midway.

What is the nearest larger city to Midway?

Versailles, KY, with 10,656 residents, 7.1 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.