Kentucky · Census place 2175810

Taylorsville, Kentucky

Taylorsville is a city in Spencer County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,317 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 184th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,317
#184 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+5.1%
+64 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,401 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Taylorsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Taylorsville population, 2020 to 2024

Taylorsville added 64 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by +20.

1,25320201,27020211,27820221,29720231,3172024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,249. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Taylorsville covers 0.94 square miles of land, for 1,401 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Taylorsville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Taylorsville is in

All of Taylorsville's residents live in Spencer County, which had 20,823 residents in 2024. Taylorsville holds 6.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Taylorsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Taylorsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40071. 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 Taylorsville is

The Census internal point of Taylorsville is at 38.032300, -85.349500. Frankfort, the capital, is 27.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Washington, KY (18,863 people), 11.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 18.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.032300, -85.349500
DMS
38°01'56.28"N 85°20'58.20"W
UTM
16N 644850.8E 4210684.4N
Geohash
dng23gd6h
Plus code
86CP2MJ2+W5

Daylight in Taylorsville

At 38.03° N, Taylorsville gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Taylorsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Washington, 11.3 miles away, with 18,863 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Taylorsville, KY?

1,317 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 64 (5.1%) from 1,253 in July 2020.

What county is Taylorsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Taylorsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40071.

How far is Taylorsville from Frankfort?

27.9 miles (44.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Taylorsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Taylorsville?

Mount Washington, KY, with 18,863 residents, 11.2 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.