Kentucky · Census place 2183676
Winchester, Kentucky
Winchester is a city in Clark County, Kentucky with an estimated 19,413 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 21st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 19,413
- #21 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +1.2%
- +235 people
- Land area
- 9.2 sq mi
- + 0.10 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,103 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Winchester population, 2020 to 2024
Winchester added 235 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +151. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 50th; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Winchester is 1.8 times that size.
Winchester covers 9.23 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 2,103 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Winchester is denser than the typical town.
What county Winchester is in
All of Winchester's residents live in Clark County, which had 37,673 residents in 2024. Winchester holds 51.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Winchester
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winchester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40391. 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 Winchester is
The Census internal point of Winchester is at 38.002400, -84.190600. Frankfort, the capital, is 39.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lexington-Fayette, KY (329,437 people), 14.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.002400, -84.190600
- DMS
- 38°00'8.64"N 84°11'26.16"W
- UTM
- 16N 746673.9E 4209806.5N
- Geohash
- dnu0hnnk0
- Plus code
- 86CQ2R25+XQ
Daylight in Winchester
At 38.00° N, Winchester gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 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 Winchester
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Sterling, 13.9 miles away, with 7,588 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Winchester, KY?
19,413 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 235 (1.2%) from 19,178 in July 2020.
What county is Winchester in?
Clark County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Winchester?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40391.
How far is Winchester from Frankfort?
39.3 miles (63.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Winchester.
What is the nearest larger city to Winchester?
Lexington-Fayette, KY, with 329,437 residents, 14.8 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.