Athens, Alabama

Athens population, 2020 to 2024

Athens added 6,854 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +26.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,641. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Athens is 2.3 times that size.

Athens covers 41.84 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 779 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Athens is close to the typical town.

What county Athens is in

All of Athens's residents live in Limestone County, which had 118,942 residents in 2024. Athens holds 27.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Athens

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Athens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35611, 35613. 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 Athens is

The Census internal point of Athens is at 34.779000, -86.950800. Montgomery, the capital, is 170.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madison, AL (64,029 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 16.5 miles away.

Daylight in Athens

At 34.78° N, Athens gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Athens

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Madison, 11.7 miles away, with 64,029 people.