Headland, Alabama

Headland population, 2020 to 2024

Headland added 455 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.1%. In the latest year it moved by +97. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Headland is 39% of it.

Headland covers 30.33 square miles of land, for 179 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Headland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Headland is in

All of Headland's residents live in Henry County, which had 18,141 residents in 2024. Headland holds 29.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Headland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Headland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36345. 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 Headland is

The Census internal point of Headland is at 31.355000, -85.357000. Montgomery, the capital, is 89.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dothan, AL (71,650 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, GA, 84.7 miles away.

Daylight in Headland

At 31.36° N, Headland gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Headland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Kinsey, 4.3 miles away, with 2,265 people.