Mount Washington, Kentucky

Mount Washington population, 2020 to 2024

Mount Washington added 739 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.1%. In the latest year it moved by +168. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Mount Washington is 1.8 times that size.

Mount Washington covers 9.57 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,971 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Mount Washington is denser than the typical town.

What county Mount Washington is in

All of Mount Washington's residents live in Bullitt County, which had 85,802 residents in 2024. Mount Washington holds 22.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mount Washington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Washington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40047. 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 Mount Washington is

The Census internal point of Mount Washington is at 38.042600, -85.556000. Frankfort, the capital, is 38.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY (640,796 people), 9.8 miles away.

Daylight in Mount Washington

At 38.04° N, Mount Washington 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 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mount Washington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Heritage Creek, 4.4 miles away, with 1,241 people.