Somerset, Kentucky

Somerset population, 2020 to 2024

Somerset added 406 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.4%. In the latest year it moved by +108. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Somerset is 1.2 times that size.

Somerset covers 14.76 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 839 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Somerset is less dense than the typical town.

What county Somerset is in

All of Somerset's residents live in Pulaski County, which had 66,842 residents in 2024. Somerset holds 18.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Somerset

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Somerset by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42501, 42503. 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 Somerset is

The Census internal point of Somerset is at 37.086500, -84.605300. Frankfort, the capital, is 77.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Berea, KY (16,436 people), 38.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 66.4 miles away.

Daylight in Somerset

At 37.09° N, Somerset gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Somerset

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Monticello, 21.7 miles away, with 5,726 people.