Chelsea, Alabama

Chelsea population, 2020 to 2024

Chelsea added 2,055 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.5%. In the latest year it moved by +467. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Chelsea is 1.2 times that size.

Chelsea covers 32.62 square miles of land and 0.47 of water, for 530 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Chelsea is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chelsea is in

All of Chelsea's residents live in Shelby County, which had 235,969 residents in 2024. Chelsea holds 7.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chelsea

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Chelsea by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35043, 35051. 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 Chelsea is

The Census internal point of Chelsea is at 33.309000, -86.635100. Montgomery, the capital, is 67.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pelham, AL (25,396 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 17.7 miles away.

Daylight in Chelsea

At 33.31° N, Chelsea gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chelsea

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Pelham, 6.2 miles away, with 25,396 people.