Alabama · Census place 0131096

Grant, Alabama

Grant is a town in Marshall County, Alabama with an estimated 1,062 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 249th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,062
#249 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+2.3%
+24 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
574 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Grant. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Grant population, 2020 to 2024

Grant added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

1,03820201,03920211,04820221,05820231,0622024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,038. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Grant covers 1.85 square miles of land, for 574 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Grant is less dense than the typical town.

What county Grant is in

All of Grant's residents live in Marshall County, which had 102,156 residents in 2024. Grant holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Grant

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grant by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35747. 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 Grant is

The Census internal point of Grant is at 34.518200, -86.260400. Montgomery, the capital, is 148.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Hope, AL (2,954 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 26.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.518200, -86.260400
DMS
34°31'5.52"N 86°15'37.44"W
UTM
16N 567883.6E 3819863.7N
Geohash
dn4sm5g54
Plus code
866MGP9Q+7R

Daylight in Grant

At 34.52° N, Grant gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Grant

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is New Hope, 8.8 miles away, with 2,954 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Grant, AL?

1,062 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24 (2.3%) from 1,038 in July 2020.

What county is Grant in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Grant?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35747.

How far is Grant from Montgomery?

148.0 miles (238.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Grant.

What is the nearest larger city to Grant?

New Hope, AL, with 2,954 residents, 8.8 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.