Alabama · Census place 0154480

Newton, Alabama

Newton is a town in Dale County, Alabama with an estimated 1,652 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 217th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,652
#217 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+47 people
Land area
14.3 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
116 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Newton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Newton population, 2020 to 2024

Newton added 47 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,606. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Newton covers 14.25 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 116 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Newton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newton is in

All of Newton's residents live in Dale County, which had 50,067 residents in 2024. Newton holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newton

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Newton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 36350, 36352, 36360. 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 Newton is

The Census internal point of Newton is at 31.341200, -85.588300. Montgomery, the capital, is 82.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Midland City, AL (2,305 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 80.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.341200, -85.588300
DMS
31°20'28.32"N 85°35'17.88"W
UTM
16N 634293.5E 3468277.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
863P8CR6+FM

Daylight in Newton

At 31.34° N, Newton gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Midland City, 5.9 miles away, with 2,305 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Newton, AL?

1,652 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 47 (2.9%) from 1,605 in July 2020.

What county is Newton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Newton?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36350, 36352, 36360.

How far is Newton from Montgomery?

82.9 miles (133.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Newton.

What is the nearest larger city to Newton?

Midland City, AL, with 2,305 residents, 5.8 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.