Hamilton, Alabama

Hamilton population, 2020 to 2024

Hamilton added 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -13. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 65th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Hamilton is 49% of it.

Hamilton covers 38.06 square miles of land, for 182 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Hamilton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hamilton is in

All of Hamilton's residents live in Marion County, which had 29,323 residents in 2024. Hamilton holds 23.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hamilton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hamilton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35570. 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 Hamilton is

The Census internal point of Hamilton is at 34.138700, -87.970800. Montgomery, the capital, is 155.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Russellville, AL (10,736 people), 28.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 67.5 miles away.

Daylight in Hamilton

At 34.14° N, Hamilton 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 Hamilton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Guin, 11.4 miles away, with 2,137 people.