Alabama · Census place 0143120

Lincoln, Alabama

Lincoln is a city in Talladega County, Alabama with an estimated 7,790 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 81st largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,790
#81 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+12.8%
+882 people
Land area
25.7 sq mi
+ 0.20 sq mi water
Density
303 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Lincoln. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Lincoln population, 2020 to 2024

Lincoln added 882 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.8%. In the latest year it moved by +308. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Lincoln is 55% of it.

6,90820207,05920217,23620227,48220237,7902024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,849. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lincoln covers 25.67 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 303 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Lincoln is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lincoln is in

All of Lincoln's residents live in Talladega County, which had 81,375 residents in 2024. Lincoln holds 9.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lincoln

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lincoln by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35096, 35160. 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 Lincoln is

The Census internal point of Lincoln is at 33.580200, -86.127900. Montgomery, the capital, is 83.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pell City, AL (14,094 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 38.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.580200, -86.127900
DMS
33°34'48.72"N 86°07'40.44"W
UTM
16N 580931.8E 3715951.7N
Geohash
djfz015df
Plus code
865MHVJC+3R

Daylight in Lincoln

At 33.58° N, Lincoln gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lincoln

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Riverside, 5.1 miles away, with 2,304 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lincoln, AL?

7,790 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 882 (12.8%) from 6,908 in July 2020.

What county is Lincoln in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lincoln?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35096, 35160.

How far is Lincoln from Montgomery?

83.7 miles (134.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Lincoln.

What is the nearest larger city to Lincoln?

Pell City, AL, with 14,094 residents, 8.0 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.