Alabama · Census place 0139784
Killen, Alabama
Killen is a town in Lauderdale County, Alabama with an estimated 1,040 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 255th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,040
- #255 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- +1.0%
- +10 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Density
- 512 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Killen population, 2020 to 2024
Killen added 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Killen covers 2.03 square miles of land, for 512 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Killen is less dense than the typical town.
What county Killen is in
All of Killen's residents live in Lauderdale County, which had 97,502 residents in 2024. Killen holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Killen
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Killen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35645. 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 Killen is
The Census internal point of Killen is at 34.861000, -87.529300. Montgomery, the capital, is 185.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Florence, AL (42,716 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 49.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.861000, -87.529300
- DMS
- 34°51'39.60"N 87°31'45.48"W
- UTM
- 16N 451618.7E 3857756.4N
- Geohash
- dn1y24r05
- Plus code
- 866JVF6C+97
Daylight in Killen
At 34.86° N, Killen gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Killen
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Florence, 7.8 miles away, with 42,716 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Killen, AL?
1,040 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10 (1.0%) from 1,030 in July 2020.
What county is Killen in?
Lauderdale County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Killen?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35645.
How far is Killen from Montgomery?
185.6 miles (298.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Killen.
What is the nearest larger city to Killen?
Florence, AL, with 42,716 residents, 7.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.