Helena, Alabama

Helena population, 2020 to 2024

Helena added 1,104 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +24. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Helena is 1.6 times that size.

Helena covers 22.33 square miles of land and 0.32 of water, for 994 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Helena is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Helena spans

Helena crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 22,200 residents as follows; Shelby County holds 88.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Helena

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Helena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35022, 35080. 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 Helena is

The Census internal point of Helena is at 33.283400, -86.879200. Montgomery, the capital, is 71.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alabaster, AL (34,460 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 17.5 miles away.

Daylight in Helena

At 33.28° N, Helena gets about 14 h 21 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 Helena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Alabaster, 5.8 miles away, with 34,460 people.