Kentucky · Census place 2170752

Simpsonville, Kentucky

Simpsonville is a city in Shelby County, Kentucky with an estimated 3,119 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 106th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,119; #106 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020: +4.2%; +126 people
Land area: 3.0 sq mi; + 0.02 sq mi water
Density: 1,050 / sq mi; State median 1,588

Orange pin: Simpsonville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Simpsonville population, 2020 to 2024

Simpsonville added 126 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +37.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,983. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Simpsonville covers 2.97 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,050 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Simpsonville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Simpsonville is in

All of Simpsonville's residents live in Shelby County, which had 50,124 residents in 2024. Simpsonville holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Simpsonville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Simpsonville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40067. 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 Simpsonville is

The Census internal point of Simpsonville is at 38.215200, -85.346900. Frankfort, the capital, is 25.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shelbyville, KY (18,048 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 16.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.215200, -85.346900
DMS: 38°12'54.72"N 85°20'48.84"W
UTM: 16N 644717.4E 4230984.0N
Geohash: dng33uu79
Plus code: 86CP6M83+36

Daylight in Simpsonville

At 38.22° N, Simpsonville 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 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Simpsonville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Shelbyville, 6.4 miles away, with 18,048 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Simpsonville, KY?

3,119 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 126 (4.2%) from 2,993 in July 2020.

What county is Simpsonville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Simpsonville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40067.

How far is Simpsonville from Frankfort?

25.7 miles (41.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Simpsonville.

What is the nearest larger city to Simpsonville?

Shelbyville, KY, with 18,048 residents, 6.4 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.