Alabama · Census place 0130496

Good Hope, Alabama

Good Hope is a city in Cullman County, Alabama with an estimated 2,646 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 151st largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,646
#151 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+5.9%
+147 people
Land area
7.9 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
335 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Good Hope. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Good Hope population, 2020 to 2024

Good Hope added 147 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.9%. In the latest year it moved by +29.

2,49920202,54720212,57320222,61720232,6462024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,490. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Good Hope covers 7.89 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 335 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Good Hope is less dense than the typical town.

What county Good Hope is in

All of Good Hope's residents live in Cullman County, which had 92,604 residents in 2024. Good Hope holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Good Hope

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Good Hope by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35055, 35057, 35077. 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 Good Hope is

The Census internal point of Good Hope is at 34.110700, -86.867100. Montgomery, the capital, is 124.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cullman, AL (20,239 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 40.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.110700, -86.867100
DMS
34°06'38.52"N 86°52'1.56"W
UTM
16N 512257.1E 3774438.3N
Geohash
dn44p39m1
Plus code
866M446M+75

Daylight in Good Hope

At 34.11° N, Good Hope gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Good Hope

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Cullman, 4.8 miles away, with 20,239 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Good Hope, AL?

2,646 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 147 (5.9%) from 2,499 in July 2020.

What county is Good Hope in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Good Hope?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35055, 35057, 35077.

How far is Good Hope from Montgomery?

124.2 miles (199.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Good Hope.

What is the nearest larger city to Good Hope?

Cullman, AL, with 20,239 residents, 4.8 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.

  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.