Alabama · Census place 0114464
Childersburg, Alabama
Childersburg is a city in Talladega County, Alabama with an estimated 4,612 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 117th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,612
- #117 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -2.7%
- -128 people
- Land area
- 12.3 sq mi
- + 0.25 sq mi water
- Density
- 374 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Childersburg population, 2020 to 2024
Childersburg lost 128 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -23.
Childersburg covers 12.33 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 374 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Childersburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Childersburg is in
All of Childersburg's residents live in Talladega County, which had 81,375 residents in 2024. Childersburg holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Childersburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Childersburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35044. 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 Childersburg is
The Census internal point of Childersburg is at 33.292600, -86.340900. Montgomery, the capital, is 63.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sylacauga, AL (12,123 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 30.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.292600, -86.340900
- DMS
- 33°17'33.36"N 86°20'27.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 561366.9E 3683919.1N
- Geohash
- djft7k8rr
- Plus code
- 865M7MV5+2J
Daylight in Childersburg
At 33.29° N, Childersburg 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 Childersburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Harpersville, 5.3 miles away, with 1,925 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Childersburg, AL?
4,612 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 128 (2.7%) from 4,740 in July 2020.
What county is Childersburg in?
Talladega County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Childersburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35044.
How far is Childersburg from Montgomery?
63.3 miles (101.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Childersburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Childersburg?
Sylacauga, AL, with 12,123 residents, 8.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.