Alabama · Census place 0133256

Harpersville, Alabama

Harpersville is a town in Shelby County, Alabama with an estimated 1,925 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 197th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,925
#197 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+17.9%
+292 people
Land area
22.0 sq mi
+ 0.37 sq mi water
Density
88 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Harpersville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Harpersville population, 2020 to 2024

Harpersville added 292 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.9%. In the latest year it moved by +90.

1,63320201,69920211,76220221,83520231,9252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,627. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Harpersville covers 21.99 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 88 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Harpersville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Harpersville is in

All of Harpersville's residents live in Shelby County, which had 235,969 residents in 2024. Harpersville holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Harpersville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harpersville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35078. 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 Harpersville is

The Census internal point of Harpersville is at 33.317700, -86.428400. Montgomery, the capital, is 65.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vincent, AL (2,039 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 25.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.317700, -86.428400
DMS
33°19'3.72"N 86°25'42.24"W
UTM
16N 553204.7E 3686653.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
865M8H9C+3J

Daylight in Harpersville

At 33.32° N, Harpersville gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Harpersville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Vincent, 4.8 miles away, with 2,039 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Harpersville, AL?

1,925 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 292 (17.9%) from 1,633 in July 2020.

What county is Harpersville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Harpersville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35078.

How far is Harpersville from Montgomery?

65.4 miles (105.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Harpersville.

What is the nearest larger city to Harpersville?

Vincent, AL, with 2,039 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.