Kentucky · Census place 2179482

Versailles, Kentucky

Versailles is a city in Woodford County, Kentucky with an estimated 10,656 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,656
#39 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+296 people
Land area
6.5 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,642 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Versailles. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Versailles population, 2020 to 2024

Versailles added 296 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +72. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Versailles is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,350. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Versailles covers 6.49 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,642 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Versailles is close to the typical town.

What county Versailles is in

All of Versailles's residents live in Woodford County, which had 27,728 residents in 2024. Versailles holds 38.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Versailles

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Versailles by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40383. 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 Versailles is

The Census internal point of Versailles is at 38.049100, -84.725000. Frankfort, the capital, is 12.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lawrenceburg, KY (12,189 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 14.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.049100, -84.725000
DMS
38°02'56.76"N 84°43'30.00"W
UTM
16N 699618.4E 4213706.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CQ27XF+JX

Daylight in Versailles

At 38.05° N, Versailles 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 Versailles

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Midway, 7.1 miles away, with 1,780 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Versailles, KY?

10,656 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 296 (2.9%) from 10,360 in July 2020.

What county is Versailles in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Versailles?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40383.

How far is Versailles from Frankfort?

12.5 miles (20.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Versailles.

What is the nearest larger city to Versailles?

Lawrenceburg, KY, with 12,189 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.

  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.