Alabama · Census place 0130640
Goodwater, Alabama
Goodwater is a town in Coosa County, Alabama with an estimated 1,255 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 237th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,255
- #237 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -2.8%
- -36 people
- Land area
- 6.5 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 193 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Goodwater population, 2020 to 2024
Goodwater lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -3.
Goodwater covers 6.49 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 193 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Goodwater is less dense than the typical town.
What county Goodwater is in
All of Goodwater's residents live in Coosa County, which had 10,291 residents in 2024. Goodwater holds 12.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Goodwater
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Goodwater by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35072. 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 Goodwater is
The Census internal point of Goodwater is at 33.060700, -86.052500. Montgomery, the capital, is 49.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alexander City, AL (14,439 people), 11.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 50.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.060700, -86.052500
- DMS
- 33°03'38.52"N 86°03'9.00"W
- UTM
- 16N 588452.5E 3658415.2N
- Geohash
- djfu1fd2x
- Plus code
- 865M3W6W+7X
Daylight in Goodwater
At 33.06° N, Goodwater gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Goodwater
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Alexander City, 11.9 miles away, with 14,439 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Goodwater, AL?
1,255 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (2.8%) from 1,291 in July 2020.
What county is Goodwater in?
Coosa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Goodwater?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35072.
How far is Goodwater from Montgomery?
49.4 miles (79.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Goodwater.
What is the nearest larger city to Goodwater?
Alexander City, AL, with 14,439 residents, 11.9 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.