Alabama · Census place 0122816

Eclectic, Alabama

Eclectic is a town in Elmore County, Alabama with an estimated 1,213 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 239th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,213
#239 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+19 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
295 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Eclectic. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Eclectic population, 2020 to 2024

Eclectic added 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,193. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Eclectic covers 4.11 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 295 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Eclectic is less dense than the typical town.

What county Eclectic is in

All of Eclectic's residents live in Elmore County, which had 91,042 residents in 2024. Eclectic holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Eclectic

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eclectic by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 36024. 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 Eclectic is

The Census internal point of Eclectic is at 32.640200, -86.041100. Montgomery, the capital, is 23.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tallassee, AL (4,715 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 24.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.640200, -86.041100
DMS
32°38'24.72"N 86°02'27.96"W
UTM
16N 589940.0E 3611806.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
864MJXR5+3H

Daylight in Eclectic

At 32.64° N, Eclectic gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Eclectic

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Tallassee, 11.4 miles away, with 4,715 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Eclectic, AL?

1,213 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 19 (1.6%) from 1,194 in July 2020.

What county is Eclectic in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Eclectic?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36024.

How far is Eclectic from Montgomery?

23.6 miles (38.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Eclectic.

What is the nearest larger city to Eclectic?

Tallassee, AL, with 4,715 residents, 11.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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