Clanton, Alabama

Clanton population, 2020 to 2024

Clanton added 474 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.4%. In the latest year it moved by +111. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Clanton is 65% of it.

Clanton covers 23.16 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 398 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Clanton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clanton is in

All of Clanton's residents live in Chilton County, which had 47,262 residents in 2024. Clanton holds 19.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clanton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Clanton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35045, 35046. 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 Clanton is

The Census internal point of Clanton is at 32.845600, -86.619500. Montgomery, the capital, is 37.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Calera, AL (18,530 people), 20.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 40.0 miles away.

Daylight in Clanton

At 32.85° N, Clanton gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clanton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Thorsby, 7.6 miles away, with 2,190 people.