Alabama · Census place 0150192

Monroeville, Alabama

Monroeville is a city in Monroe County, Alabama with an estimated 5,720 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 99th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,720
#99 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-3.5%
-210 people
Land area
13.4 sq mi
Density
428 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Monroeville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Monroeville population, 2020 to 2024

Monroeville lost 210 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -7. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 96th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Monroeville is 41% of it.

5,93020205,84720215,78220225,72720235,7202024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,952. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Monroeville covers 13.35 square miles of land, for 428 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Monroeville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Monroeville is in

All of Monroeville's residents live in Monroe County, which had 19,057 residents in 2024. Monroeville holds 30.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monroeville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Monroeville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36460. 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 Monroeville is

The Census internal point of Monroeville is at 31.516200, -87.327700. Montgomery, the capital, is 84.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atmore, AL (8,310 people), 28.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 74.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.516200, -87.327700
DMS
31°30'58.32"N 87°19'39.72"W
UTM
16N 468885.5E 3486858.7N
Geohash
dj9gkc3gj
Plus code
863JGM8C+FW

Daylight in Monroeville

At 31.52° N, Monroeville gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monroeville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Frisco City, 7.0 miles away, with 1,106 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Monroeville, AL?

5,720 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 210 (3.5%) from 5,930 in July 2020.

What county is Monroeville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Monroeville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36460.

How far is Monroeville from Montgomery?

84.7 miles (136.2 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Monroeville.

What is the nearest larger city to Monroeville?

Atmore, AL, with 8,310 residents, 28.1 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.