Alabama · Census place 0125840
Fayette, Alabama
Fayette is a city in Fayette County, Alabama with an estimated 4,080 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 123rd largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,080
- #123 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -4.7%
- -201 people
- Land area
- 8.6 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 477 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Fayette population, 2020 to 2024
Fayette lost 201 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.7%. In the latest year it moved by -28.
Fayette covers 8.55 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 477 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Fayette is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fayette is in
All of Fayette's residents live in Fayette County, which had 15,863 residents in 2024. Fayette holds 25.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fayette
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fayette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35555. 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 Fayette is
The Census internal point of Fayette is at 33.694200, -87.831200. Montgomery, the capital, is 127.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winfield, AL (4,862 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 36.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.694200, -87.831200
- DMS
- 33°41'39.12"N 87°49'52.32"W
- UTM
- 16N 422965.5E 3728560.3N
- Geohash
- djcx9mg6b
- Plus code
- 865JM5V9+MG
Daylight in Fayette
At 33.69° N, Fayette 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 Fayette
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Berry, 12.9 miles away, with 1,182 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fayette, AL?
4,080 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 201 (4.7%) from 4,281 in July 2020.
What county is Fayette in?
Fayette County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fayette?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35555.
How far is Fayette from Montgomery?
127.1 miles (204.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Fayette.
What is the nearest larger city to Fayette?
Winfield, AL, with 4,862 residents, 16.8 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.