Kentucky · Census place 2180913
Watterson Park, Kentucky
Watterson Park is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,027 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 201st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,027
- #201 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +2.4%
- +24 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 713 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Watterson Park population, 2020 to 2024
Watterson Park added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +15.
Watterson Park covers 1.44 square miles of land, for 713 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Watterson Park is less dense than the typical town.
What county Watterson Park is in
All of Watterson Park's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 793,881 residents in 2024. Watterson Park holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Watterson Park
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Watterson Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40213, 40218. 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 Watterson Park is
The Census internal point of Watterson Park is at 38.195300, -85.682200. Frankfort, the capital, is 43.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Buechel, KY (1,393 people), 0.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 2.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.195300, -85.682200
- DMS
- 38°11'43.08"N 85°40'55.92"W
- UTM
- 16N 615394.2E 4228305.0N
- Geohash
- dng1630ps
- Plus code
- 86CP58W9+44
Daylight in Watterson Park
At 38.20° N, Watterson Park 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 Watterson Park
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is West Buechel, 0.8 miles away, with 1,393 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Watterson Park, KY?
1,027 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24 (2.4%) from 1,003 in July 2020.
What county is Watterson Park in?
Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Watterson Park?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 40213, 40218.
How far is Watterson Park from Frankfort?
43.8 miles (70.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Watterson Park.
What is the nearest larger city to Watterson Park?
West Buechel, KY, with 1,393 residents, 0.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.