Monticello, Kentucky

Monticello population, 2020 to 2024

Monticello lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -14. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 62nd; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Monticello is 54% of it.

Monticello covers 6.09 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 940 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Monticello is less dense than the typical town.

What county Monticello is in

All of Monticello's residents live in Wayne County, which had 19,629 residents in 2024. Monticello holds 29.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monticello

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Monticello by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42633. 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 Monticello is

The Census internal point of Monticello is at 36.841100, -84.851300. Frankfort, the capital, is 93.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Somerset, KY (12,389 people), 21.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 78.3 miles away.

Daylight in Monticello

At 36.84° N, Monticello gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monticello

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Jamestown, 15.7 miles away, with 1,884 people.