Kentucky · Census place 2157918

Olive Hill, Kentucky

Olive Hill is a city in Carter County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,533 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 171st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,533
#171 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
-3.0%
-48 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
770 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Olive Hill. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Olive Hill population, 2020 to 2024

Olive Hill lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

1,58120201,57020211,55020221,54520231,5332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,583. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Olive Hill covers 1.99 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 770 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Olive Hill is less dense than the typical town.

What county Olive Hill is in

All of Olive Hill's residents live in Carter County, which had 26,098 residents in 2024. Olive Hill holds 5.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Olive Hill

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Olive Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41164. 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 Olive Hill is

The Census internal point of Olive Hill is at 38.305800, -83.168200. Frankfort, the capital, is 93.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grayson, KY (3,702 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 72.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.305800, -83.168200
DMS
38°18'20.88"N 83°10'5.52"W
UTM
17N 310420.4E 4241969.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CR8R4J+8P

Daylight in Olive Hill

At 38.31° N, Olive Hill 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 Olive Hill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Grayson, 12.7 miles away, with 3,702 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Olive Hill, KY?

1,533 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 48 (3.0%) from 1,581 in July 2020.

What county is Olive Hill in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Olive Hill?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41164.

How far is Olive Hill from Frankfort?

93.0 miles (149.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Olive Hill.

What is the nearest larger city to Olive Hill?

Grayson, KY, with 3,702 residents, 12.7 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.