Alabama · Census place 0157000
Oneonta, Alabama
Oneonta is a city in Blount County, Alabama with an estimated 7,039 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 86th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,039
- #86 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +97 people
- Land area
- 15.8 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 445 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Oneonta population, 2020 to 2024
Oneonta added 97 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +39. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Oneonta is 50% of it.
Oneonta covers 15.83 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 445 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Oneonta is less dense than the typical town.
What county Oneonta is in
All of Oneonta's residents live in Blount County, which had 60,163 residents in 2024. Oneonta holds 11.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Oneonta
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oneonta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35121. 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 Oneonta is
The Census internal point of Oneonta is at 33.947000, -86.489800. Montgomery, the capital, is 109.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clay, AL (10,241 people), 18.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 33.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.947000, -86.489800
- DMS
- 33°56'49.20"N 86°29'23.28"W
- UTM
- 16N 547145.3E 3756396.7N
- Geohash
- dn43pgu59
- Plus code
- 865MWGW6+R3
Daylight in Oneonta
At 33.95° N, Oneonta 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 Oneonta
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Cleveland, 5.6 miles away, with 1,263 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Oneonta, AL?
7,039 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 97 (1.4%) from 6,942 in July 2020.
What county is Oneonta in?
Blount County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Oneonta?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35121.
How far is Oneonta from Montgomery?
109.0 miles (175.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Oneonta.
What is the nearest larger city to Oneonta?
Clay, AL, with 10,241 residents, 18.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.