Lanett, Alabama

Lanett population, 2020 to 2024

Lanett lost 230 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -72. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 94th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Lanett is 48% of it.

Lanett covers 6.24 square miles of land, for 1,074 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Lanett is denser than the typical town.

What county Lanett is in

All of Lanett's residents live in Chambers County, which had 33,813 residents in 2024. Lanett holds 19.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lanett

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lanett by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36863. 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 Lanett is

The Census internal point of Lanett is at 32.858600, -85.207800. Montgomery, the capital, is 71.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Valley, AL (10,144 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, GA, 30.9 miles away.

Daylight in Lanett

At 32.86° N, Lanett 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 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lanett

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Valley, 4.0 miles away, with 10,144 people.