Alabama · Census place 0164920
Riverside, Alabama
Riverside is a city in St. Clair County, Alabama with an estimated 2,304 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 164th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,304
- #164 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- +3.6%
- +80 people
- Land area
- 8.7 sq mi
- + 1.74 sq mi water
- Density
- 266 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Riverside population, 2020 to 2024
Riverside added 80 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +44.
Riverside covers 8.67 square miles of land and 1.74 of water, for 266 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Riverside is less dense than the typical town.
What county Riverside is in
All of Riverside's residents live in St. Clair County, which had 96,927 residents in 2024. Riverside holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Riverside
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Riverside by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35125, 35135. 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 Riverside is
The Census internal point of Riverside is at 33.616400, -86.204400. Montgomery, the capital, is 85.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lincoln, AL (7,790 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 34.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.616400, -86.204400
- DMS
- 33°36'59.04"N 86°12'15.84"W
- UTM
- 16N 573801.5E 3719908.2N
- Geohash
- djfxnreve
- Plus code
- 865MJQ8W+H6
Daylight in Riverside
At 33.62° N, Riverside gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Riverside
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Lincoln, 5.1 miles away, with 7,790 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Riverside, AL?
2,304 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 80 (3.6%) from 2,224 in July 2020.
What county is Riverside in?
St. Clair County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Riverside?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35125, 35135.
How far is Riverside from Montgomery?
85.8 miles (138.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Riverside.
What is the nearest larger city to Riverside?
Lincoln, AL, with 7,790 residents, 5.0 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.