Alabama · Census place 0114008

Chatom, Alabama

Chatom is a town in Washington County, Alabama with an estimated 1,056 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 250th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,056
#250 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-39 people
Land area
10.7 sq mi
Density
99 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Chatom. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

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Chatom population, 2020 to 2024

Chatom lost 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,098. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chatom covers 10.72 square miles of land, for 99 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Chatom is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chatom is in

All of Chatom's residents live in Washington County, which had 15,018 residents in 2024. Chatom holds 7.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chatom

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chatom by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 36518. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Chatom is

The Census internal point of Chatom is at 31.469100, -88.246000. Montgomery, the capital, is 130.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jackson, AL (4,477 people), 21.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 55.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.469100, -88.246000
DMS
31°28'8.76"N 88°14'45.60"W
UTM
16N 381631.3E 3482263.9N
Geohash
dj95pbv0z
Plus code
863HFQ93+JJ

Daylight in Chatom

At 31.47° N, Chatom gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chatom

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Jackson, 21.4 miles away, with 4,477 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chatom, AL?

1,056 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 39 (3.6%) from 1,095 in July 2020.

What county is Chatom in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Chatom?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36518.

How far is Chatom from Montgomery?

130.2 miles (209.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Chatom.

What is the nearest larger city to Chatom?

Jackson, AL, with 4,477 residents, 21.4 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.