Clay, Alabama

Clay population, 2020 to 2024

Clay lost 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +0. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 73rd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Clay is 73% of it.

Clay covers 11.28 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 908 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Clay is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Clay spans

Clay crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 10,241 residents as follows; Jefferson County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clay

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Clay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35126, 35173. 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 Clay is

The Census internal point of Clay is at 33.696600, -86.608200. Montgomery, the capital, is 92.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Trussville, AL (27,079 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 16.0 miles away.

Daylight in Clay

At 33.70° N, Clay gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Pinson, 3.3 miles away, with 7,781 people.