Alabama · Census place 0159640

Piedmont, Alabama

Piedmont is a city in Calhoun County, Alabama with an estimated 4,706 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,706
#114 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-90 people
Land area
9.8 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
479 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Piedmont. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Piedmont population, 2020 to 2024

Piedmont lost 90 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

4,79620204,74620214,71520224,72120234,7062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,806. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Piedmont covers 9.82 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 479 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Piedmont is less dense than the typical town.

What county Piedmont is in

All of Piedmont's residents live in Calhoun County, which had 116,427 residents in 2024. Piedmont holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Piedmont

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Piedmont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36272. 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 Piedmont is

The Census internal point of Piedmont is at 33.927600, -85.615300. Montgomery, the capital, is 114.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jacksonville, AL (14,651 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA, 62.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.927600, -85.615300
DMS
33°55'39.36"N 85°36'55.08"W
UTM
16N 627987.2E 3754991.8N
Geohash
dn515b2fd
Plus code
865PW9HM+2V

Daylight in Piedmont

At 33.93° N, Piedmont 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 Piedmont

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Jacksonville, 11.4 miles away, with 14,651 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Piedmont, AL?

4,706 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 90 (1.9%) from 4,796 in July 2020.

What county is Piedmont in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Piedmont?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36272.

How far is Piedmont from Montgomery?

114.2 miles (183.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Piedmont.

What is the nearest larger city to Piedmont?

Jacksonville, AL, with 14,651 residents, 11.4 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.