Alabama · Census place 0163576
Red Bay, Alabama
Red Bay is a city in Franklin County, Alabama with an estimated 3,171 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,171
- #139 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -58 people
- Land area
- 9.8 sq mi
- + 0.09 sq mi water
- Density
- 325 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Red Bay population, 2020 to 2024
Red Bay lost 58 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -11.
Red Bay covers 9.75 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 325 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Red Bay is less dense than the typical town.
What county Red Bay is in
All of Red Bay's residents live in Franklin County, which had 31,874 residents in 2024. Red Bay holds 9.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Red Bay
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Red Bay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35582. 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 Red Bay is
The Census internal point of Red Bay is at 34.436100, -88.136500. Montgomery, the capital, is 177.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fulton, MS (4,640 people), 19.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 85.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.436100, -88.136500
- DMS
- 34°26'9.96"N 88°08'11.40"W
- UTM
- 16N 395583.6E 3811097.3N
- Geohash
- dn17fkuuy
- Plus code
- 866HCVP7+C9
Daylight in Red Bay
At 34.44° N, Red Bay gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Red Bay
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Hackleburg, 20.9 miles away, with 1,448 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Red Bay, AL?
3,171 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 58 (1.8%) from 3,229 in July 2020.
What county is Red Bay in?
Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Red Bay?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35582.
How far is Red Bay from Montgomery?
177.4 miles (285.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Red Bay.
What is the nearest larger city to Red Bay?
Fulton, MS, with 4,640 residents, 19.3 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.