Alabama · Census place 0137864

Irondale, Alabama

Irondale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama with an estimated 13,545 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
13,545
#56 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+69 people
Land area
17.3 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
782 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Irondale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Irondale population, 2020 to 2024

Irondale added 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +26. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 62nd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Irondale is 96% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,456. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Irondale covers 17.32 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 782 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Irondale is close to the typical town.

What county Irondale is in

All of Irondale's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 664,744 residents in 2024. Irondale holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Irondale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Irondale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35210. 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 Irondale is

The Census internal point of Irondale is at 33.539900, -86.659100. Montgomery, the capital, is 83.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mountain Brook, AL (21,701 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 8.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.539900, -86.659100
DMS
33°32'23.64"N 86°39'32.76"W
UTM
16N 531650.2E 3711194.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
865MG8QR+X9

Daylight in Irondale

At 33.54° N, Irondale gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Irondale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Leeds, 5.1 miles away, with 12,573 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Irondale, AL?

13,545 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 69 (0.5%) from 13,476 in July 2020.

What county is Irondale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Irondale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35210.

How far is Irondale from Montgomery?

83.0 miles (133.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Irondale.

What is the nearest larger city to Irondale?

Mountain Brook, AL, with 21,701 residents, 5.5 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.