Kentucky · Census place 2183172

Wilder, Kentucky

Wilder is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky with an estimated 3,091 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 107th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,091
#107 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-82 people
Land area
3.6 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
856 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Wilder. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Wilder population, 2020 to 2024

Wilder lost 82 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

3,17320203,16320213,12320223,10420233,0912024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,173. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wilder covers 3.61 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 856 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Wilder is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wilder is in

All of Wilder's residents live in Campbell County, which had 94,008 residents in 2024. Wilder holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wilder

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Wilder by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41071, 41076. 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 Wilder is

The Census internal point of Wilder is at 39.041300, -84.481500. Frankfort, the capital, is 62.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Highland Heights, KY (6,292 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 7.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.041300, -84.481500
DMS
39°02'28.68"N 84°28'53.40"W
UTM
16N 717969.1E 4324378.3N
Geohash
dngyje62n
Plus code
86FQ2GR9+GC

Daylight in Wilder

At 39.04° N, Wilder 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 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wilder

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Highland Heights, 1.4 miles away, with 6,292 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wilder, KY?

3,091 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 82 (2.6%) from 3,173 in July 2020.

What county is Wilder in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wilder?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 41071, 41076.

How far is Wilder from Frankfort?

62.7 miles (101.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Wilder.

What is the nearest larger city to Wilder?

Highland Heights, KY, with 6,292 residents, 1.4 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.

  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.