Kentucky · Census place 2182272

Wheelwright, Kentucky

Wheelwright is a city in Floyd County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,051 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 198th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,051; #198 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020: +111.0%; +553 people
Land area: 1.8 sq mi
Density: 597 / sq mi; State median 1,588

Orange pin: Wheelwright. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Wheelwright population, 2020 to 2024

Wheelwright added 553 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +111.0%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 500. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wheelwright covers 1.76 square miles of land, for 597 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Wheelwright is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wheelwright is in

All of Wheelwright's residents live in Floyd County, which had 34,532 residents in 2024. Wheelwright holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wheelwright

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Wheelwright by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41606, 41669. 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 Wheelwright is

The Census internal point of Wheelwright is at 37.339200, -82.718600. Frankfort, the capital, is 131.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jenkins, KY (1,757 people), 12.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 106.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 37.339200, -82.718600
DMS: 37°20'21.12"N 82°43'6.96"W
UTM: 17N 347761.6E 4133887.1N
Geohash: dnthmtqhs
Plus code: 869V87QJ+MH

Daylight in Wheelwright

At 37.34° N, Wheelwright gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wheelwright

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Jenkins, 12.4 miles away, with 1,757 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wheelwright, KY?

1,051 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 553 (111.0%) from 498 in July 2020.

What county is Wheelwright in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wheelwright?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 41606, 41669.

How far is Wheelwright from Frankfort?

131.5 miles (211.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Wheelwright.

What is the nearest larger city to Wheelwright?

Jenkins, KY, with 1,757 residents, 12.4 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.