Alabama · Census place 0140672
La Fayette, Alabama
La Fayette is a city in Chambers County, Alabama with an estimated 2,603 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 152nd largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,603
- #152 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -68 people
- Land area
- 8.9 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 294 / sq mi
- State median 715
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La Fayette population, 2020 to 2024
La Fayette lost 68 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -20.
La Fayette covers 8.86 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 294 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so La Fayette is less dense than the typical town.
What county La Fayette is in
All of La Fayette's residents live in Chambers County, which had 33,813 residents in 2024. La Fayette holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in La Fayette
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps La Fayette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36862. 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 La Fayette is
The Census internal point of La Fayette is at 32.899400, -85.400800. Montgomery, the capital, is 63.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lanett, AL (6,704 people), 11.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, GA, 40.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.899400, -85.400800
- DMS
- 32°53'57.84"N 85°24'2.88"W
- UTM
- 16N 649567.9E 3641268.4N
- Geohash
- djg70tjhc
- Plus code
- 864PVHXX+QM
Daylight in La Fayette
At 32.90° N, La Fayette gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near La Fayette
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Lanett, 11.5 miles away, with 6,704 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of La Fayette, AL?
2,603 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 68 (2.5%) from 2,671 in July 2020.
What county is La Fayette in?
Chambers County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover La Fayette?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36862.
How far is La Fayette from Montgomery?
63.6 miles (102.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from La Fayette.
What is the nearest larger city to La Fayette?
Lanett, AL, with 6,704 residents, 11.6 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.