Kentucky · Census place 2162940
Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Prestonsburg is a city in Floyd County, Kentucky with an estimated 3,638 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 97th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,638
- #97 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -6.8%
- -265 people
- Land area
- 14.7 sq mi
- + 0.20 sq mi water
- Density
- 247 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Prestonsburg population, 2020 to 2024
Prestonsburg lost 265 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.8%. In the latest year it moved by -49.
Prestonsburg covers 14.72 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 247 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Prestonsburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Prestonsburg is in
All of Prestonsburg's residents live in Floyd County, which had 34,532 residents in 2024. Prestonsburg holds 10.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Prestonsburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Prestonsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41653. 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 Prestonsburg is
The Census internal point of Prestonsburg is at 37.681600, -82.765900. Frankfort, the capital, is 120.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paintsville, KY (4,129 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 95.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.681600, -82.765900
- DMS
- 37°40'53.76"N 82°45'57.24"W
- UTM
- 17N 344284.5E 4171955.9N
- Geohash
- dntnkeexn
- Plus code
- 869VM6JM+JJ
Daylight in Prestonsburg
At 37.68° N, Prestonsburg gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Prestonsburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Paintsville, 9.8 miles away, with 4,129 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Prestonsburg, KY?
3,638 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 265 (6.8%) from 3,903 in July 2020.
What county is Prestonsburg in?
Floyd County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Prestonsburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41653.
How far is Prestonsburg from Frankfort?
120.1 miles (193.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Prestonsburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Prestonsburg?
Paintsville, KY, with 4,129 residents, 9.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.