Phenix City, Alabama

Phenix City population, 2020 to 2024

Phenix City lost 300 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -4. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 74th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Phenix City is 2.7 times that size.

Phenix City covers 28.06 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,372 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Phenix City is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Phenix City spans

Phenix City crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 38,509 residents as follows; Russell County holds 82.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Phenix City

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Phenix City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36867, 36869. 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 Phenix City is

The Census internal point of Phenix City is at 32.453700, -85.031000. Montgomery, the capital, is 74.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, GA (201,830 people), 9.9 miles away.

Daylight in Phenix City

At 32.45° N, Phenix City gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Phenix City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Smiths Station, 6.2 miles away, with 5,583 people.