Kentucky · Census place 2156730

Northfield, Kentucky

Northfield is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,014 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 204th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,014
#204 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+16 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
2,157 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Northfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Northfield population, 2020 to 2024

Northfield added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 997. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Northfield covers 0.47 square miles of land, for 2,157 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Northfield is denser than the typical town.

What county Northfield is in

All of Northfield's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 793,881 residents in 2024. Northfield holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Northfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Northfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40222. 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 Northfield is

The Census internal point of Northfield is at 38.285800, -85.636300. Frankfort, the capital, is 41.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Windy Hills, KY (2,471 people), 1.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 8.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.285800, -85.636300
DMS
38°17'8.88"N 85°38'10.68"W
UTM
16N 619265.7E 4238405.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CP79P7+8F

Daylight in Northfield

At 38.29° N, Northfield 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 Northfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Windy Hills, 1.0 miles away, with 2,471 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Northfield, KY?

1,014 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (1.6%) from 998 in July 2020.

What county is Northfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Northfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40222.

How far is Northfield from Frankfort?

41.9 miles (67.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Northfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Northfield?

Windy Hills, KY, with 2,471 residents, 1.0 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.