Alabama · Census place 0157120

Opp, Alabama

Opp is a city in Covington County, Alabama with an estimated 6,706 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 91st largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,706
#91 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-43 people
Land area
23.7 sq mi
+ 0.92 sq mi water
Density
283 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Opp. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Opp population, 2020 to 2024

Opp lost 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -30. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 72nd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Opp is 48% of it.

6,74920206,70920216,69120226,73620236,7062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,768. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Opp covers 23.67 square miles of land and 0.92 of water, for 283 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Opp is less dense than the typical town.

What county Opp is in

All of Opp's residents live in Covington County, which had 37,748 residents in 2024. Opp holds 17.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Opp

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Opp by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36467. 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 Opp is

The Census internal point of Opp is at 31.284400, -86.257400. Montgomery, the capital, is 75.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Andalusia, AL (8,728 people), 13.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 73.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.284400, -86.257400
DMS
31°17'3.84"N 86°15'26.64"W
UTM
16N 570682.7E 3461359.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
863M7PMV+Q2

Daylight in Opp

At 31.28° N, Opp 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 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Opp

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Andalusia, 13.1 miles away, with 8,728 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Opp, AL?

6,706 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 43 (0.6%) from 6,749 in July 2020.

What county is Opp in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Opp?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36467.

How far is Opp from Montgomery?

75.5 miles (121.6 km) in a straight line, heading N from Opp.

What is the nearest larger city to Opp?

Andalusia, AL, with 8,728 residents, 13.1 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.