Gadsden, Alabama

Gadsden population, 2020 to 2024

Gadsden lost 781 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -111. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 85th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Gadsden is 2.3 times that size.

Gadsden covers 37.44 square miles of land and 1.21 of water, for 884 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Gadsden is denser than the typical town.

What county Gadsden is in

All of Gadsden's residents live in Etowah County, which had 103,207 residents in 2024. Gadsden holds 32.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gadsden

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Gadsden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35901, 35903, 35904. 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 Gadsden is

The Census internal point of Gadsden is at 34.006600, -86.016100. Montgomery, the capital, is 113.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rome, GA (38,747 people), 50.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 55.7 miles away.

Daylight in Gadsden

At 34.01° N, Gadsden gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gadsden

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Attalla, 6.2 miles away, with 5,746 people.