Kentucky · Census place 2179698

Villa Hills, Kentucky

Villa Hills is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky with an estimated 7,763 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 55th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,763
#55 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+6.2%
+453 people
Land area
3.6 sq mi
+ 0.75 sq mi water
Density
2,156 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Villa Hills. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Villa Hills population, 2020 to 2024

Villa Hills added 453 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.2%. In the latest year it moved by +188. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Villa Hills is 74% of it.

7,31020207,32320217,44320227,57520237,7632024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,304. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Villa Hills covers 3.60 square miles of land and 0.75 of water, for 2,156 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Villa Hills is denser than the typical town.

What county Villa Hills is in

All of Villa Hills's residents live in Kenton County, which had 174,862 residents in 2024. Villa Hills holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Villa Hills

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Villa Hills by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41017. 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 Villa Hills is

The Census internal point of Villa Hills is at 39.065500, -84.598000. Frankfort, the capital, is 62.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Erlanger, KY (20,172 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 7.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.065500, -84.598000
DMS
39°03'55.80"N 84°35'52.80"W
UTM
16N 707814.1E 4326791.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FQ3C82+5Q

Daylight in Villa Hills

At 39.07° N, Villa Hills gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Villa Hills

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Crescent Springs, 1.2 miles away, with 4,707 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Villa Hills, KY?

7,763 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 453 (6.2%) from 7,310 in July 2020.

What county is Villa Hills in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Villa Hills?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41017.

How far is Villa Hills from Frankfort?

62.5 miles (100.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Villa Hills.

What is the nearest larger city to Villa Hills?

Erlanger, KY, with 20,172 residents, 1.8 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.