Alexander City, Alabama

Alexander City population, 2020 to 2024

Alexander City lost 392 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -42. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 90th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Alexander City is 1.0 times that size.

Alexander City covers 46.05 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 314 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Alexander City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Alexander City is in

All of Alexander City's residents live in Tallapoosa County, which had 40,699 residents in 2024. Alexander City holds 35.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Alexander City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alexander City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35010. 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 Alexander City is

The Census internal point of Alexander City is at 32.916700, -85.940600. Montgomery, the capital, is 42.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Auburn, AL (83,757 people), 33.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 43.6 miles away.

Daylight in Alexander City

At 32.92° N, Alexander City gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Alexander City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Dadeville, 11.4 miles away, with 2,934 people.