Alabama · Census place 0118304

Creola, Alabama

Creola is a town in Mobile County, Alabama with an estimated 1,972 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 191st largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,972; #191 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020: +2.0%; +38 people
Land area: 15.7 sq mi; + 0.97 sq mi water
Density: 126 / sq mi; State median 715

Orange pin: Creola. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

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Creola population, 2020 to 2024

Creola added 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,936. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Creola covers 15.70 square miles of land and 0.97 of water, for 126 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Creola is less dense than the typical town.

What county Creola is in

All of Creola's residents live in Mobile County, which had 412,339 residents in 2024. Creola holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Creola

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Creola by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 36525. 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 Creola is

The Census internal point of Creola is at 30.874200, -88.009500. Montgomery, the capital, is 144.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Satsuma, AL (6,874 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 15.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 30.874200, -88.009500
DMS: 30°52'27.12"N 88°00'34.20"W
UTM: 16N 403498.3E 3416096.5N
Geohash: dj3rtk3rq
Plus code: 862HVXFR+M6

Daylight in Creola

At 30.87° N, Creola gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Creola

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Satsuma, 3.4 miles away, with 6,874 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Creola, AL?

1,972 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 38 (2.0%) from 1,934 in July 2020.

What county is Creola in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Creola?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36525.

How far is Creola from Montgomery?

144.6 miles (232.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Creola.

What is the nearest larger city to Creola?

Satsuma, AL, with 6,874 residents, 3.4 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.