Alabama · Census place 0109208

Brewton, Alabama

Brewton is a city in Escambia County, Alabama with an estimated 5,129 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 107th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,129
#107 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-125 people
Land area
11.3 sq mi
+ 0.24 sq mi water
Density
454 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Brewton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Brewton population, 2020 to 2024

Brewton lost 125 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -22. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 86th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Brewton is 36% of it.

5,25420205,20820215,18420225,15120235,1292024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,270. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brewton covers 11.30 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 454 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Brewton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Brewton is in

All of Brewton's residents live in Escambia County, which had 36,630 residents in 2024. Brewton holds 14.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brewton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brewton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36426. 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 Brewton is

The Census internal point of Brewton is at 31.109200, -87.076600. Montgomery, the capital, is 98.8 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atmore, AL (8,310 people), 22.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 68.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.109200, -87.076600
DMS
31°06'33.12"N 87°04'35.76"W
UTM
16N 492695.6E 3441706.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
863J4W5F+M9

Daylight in Brewton

At 31.11° N, Brewton gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brewton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is East Brewton, 1.8 miles away, with 2,251 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brewton, AL?

5,129 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 125 (2.4%) from 5,254 in July 2020.

What county is Brewton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brewton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36426.

How far is Brewton from Montgomery?

98.8 miles (159.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Brewton.

What is the nearest larger city to Brewton?

Atmore, AL, with 8,310 residents, 22.6 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.