Opelika, Alabama

Opelika population, 2020 to 2024

Opelika added 3,934 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,313. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Opelika is 2.5 times that size.

Opelika covers 61.49 square miles of land and 1.01 of water, for 569 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Opelika is less dense than the typical town.

What county Opelika is in

All of Opelika's residents live in Lee County, which had 187,847 residents in 2024. Opelika holds 18.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Opelika

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Opelika by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36801, 36804. 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 Opelika is

The Census internal point of Opelika is at 32.660700, -85.378900. Montgomery, the capital, is 57.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Auburn, AL (83,757 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, GA, 31.1 miles away.

Daylight in Opelika

At 32.66° N, Opelika gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Opelika

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Auburn, 7.7 miles away, with 83,757 people.