Alabama · Census place 0136448

Hueytown, Alabama

Hueytown is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama with an estimated 16,185 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 45th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,185
#45 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-596 people
Land area
20.0 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
809 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Hueytown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Hueytown population, 2020 to 2024

Hueytown lost 596 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -54. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 97th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Hueytown is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,819. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hueytown covers 20.01 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 809 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Hueytown is denser than the typical town.

What county Hueytown is in

All of Hueytown's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 664,744 residents in 2024. Hueytown holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hueytown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hueytown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35023. 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 Hueytown is

The Census internal point of Hueytown is at 33.408600, -87.016600. Montgomery, the capital, is 82.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bessemer, AL (25,079 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 15.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.408600, -87.016600
DMS
33°24'30.96"N 87°00'59.76"W
UTM
16N 498456.5E 3696586.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
865JCX5M+C9

Daylight in Hueytown

At 33.41° N, Hueytown gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hueytown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Bessemer, 3.7 miles away, with 25,079 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hueytown, AL?

16,185 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 596 (3.6%) from 16,781 in July 2020.

What county is Hueytown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hueytown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35023.

How far is Hueytown from Montgomery?

82.5 miles (132.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Hueytown.

What is the nearest larger city to Hueytown?

Bessemer, AL, with 25,079 residents, 3.7 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.