Kentucky · Census place 2163264

Prospect, Kentucky

Prospect is a city in 2 counties of Kentucky with an estimated 4,696 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 84th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,696
#84 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+102 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
1,226 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Prospect. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Prospect population, 2020 to 2024

Prospect added 102 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +69.

4,59420204,58220214,58120224,62720234,6962024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,593. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Prospect covers 3.83 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,226 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Prospect is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Prospect spans

Prospect crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 4,696 residents as follows; Jefferson County holds 98.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Jefferson County4,633
  2. 02Oldham County63
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Prospect

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Prospect by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40059. 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 Prospect is

The Census internal point of Prospect is at 38.346900, -85.608900. Frankfort, the capital, is 41.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jeffersonville, IN (52,912 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 12.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.346900, -85.608900
DMS
38°20'48.84"N 85°36'32.04"W
UTM
16N 621560.1E 4245221.1N
Geohash
dng45uvdb
Plus code
86CP89WR+QC

Daylight in Prospect

At 38.35° N, Prospect 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 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Prospect

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Barbourmeade, 3.4 miles away, with 1,237 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Prospect, KY?

4,696 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 102 (2.2%) from 4,594 in July 2020.

What county is Prospect in?

It spans 2 counties: Jefferson County (4,633 residents), Oldham County (63 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Prospect?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40059.

How far is Prospect from Frankfort?

41.3 miles (66.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Prospect.

What is the nearest larger city to Prospect?

Jeffersonville, IN, with 52,912 residents, 4.8 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.

  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.