Alabama · Census place 0143888

Locust Fork, Alabama

Locust Fork is a town in Blount County, Alabama with an estimated 1,235 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 238th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,235
#238 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+2.3%
+28 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
Density
317 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Locust Fork. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Locust Fork population, 2020 to 2024

Locust Fork added 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,206. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Locust Fork covers 3.90 square miles of land, for 317 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Locust Fork is less dense than the typical town.

What county Locust Fork is in

All of Locust Fork's residents live in Blount County, which had 60,163 residents in 2024. Locust Fork holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Locust Fork

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Locust Fork by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35097, 35133. 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 Locust Fork is

The Census internal point of Locust Fork is at 33.876800, -86.647100. Montgomery, the capital, is 105.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hayden, AL (1,355 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 25.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.876800, -86.647100
DMS
33°52'36.48"N 86°38'49.56"W
UTM
16N 532636.6E 3748552.0N
Geohash
dn42sr1d8
Plus code
865MV9G3+P5

Daylight in Locust Fork

At 33.88° N, Locust Fork gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Locust Fork

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Hayden, 5.7 miles away, with 1,355 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Locust Fork, AL?

1,235 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 28 (2.3%) from 1,207 in July 2020.

What county is Locust Fork in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Locust Fork?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35097, 35133.

How far is Locust Fork from Montgomery?

105.6 miles (169.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Locust Fork.

What is the nearest larger city to Locust Fork?

Hayden, AL, with 1,355 residents, 5.7 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.