Alabama · Census place 0171190
Smiths Station, Alabama
Smiths Station is a city in Lee County, Alabama with an estimated 5,583 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 101st largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,583
- #101 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- +2.8%
- +150 people
- Land area
- 8.2 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 683 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Smiths Station population, 2020 to 2024
Smiths Station added 150 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +66. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Smiths Station is 40% of it.
Smiths Station covers 8.18 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 683 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Smiths Station is close to the typical town.
What county Smiths Station is in
All of Smiths Station's residents live in Lee County, which had 187,847 residents in 2024. Smiths Station holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Smiths Station
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Smiths Station by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36877. 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 Smiths Station is
The Census internal point of Smiths Station is at 32.522900, -85.099400. Montgomery, the capital, is 70.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Phenix City, AL (38,509 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, GA, 13.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.522900, -85.099400
- DMS
- 32°31'22.44"N 85°05'57.84"W
- UTM
- 16N 678509.4E 3599989.8N
- Geohash
- djg3p88e8
- Plus code
- 864PGWF2+56
Daylight in Smiths Station
At 32.52° N, Smiths Station 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 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Smiths Station
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Phenix City, 6.2 miles away, with 38,509 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Smiths Station, AL?
5,583 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 150 (2.8%) from 5,433 in July 2020.
What county is Smiths Station in?
Lee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Smiths Station?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36877.
How far is Smiths Station from Montgomery?
70.7 miles (113.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Smiths Station.
What is the nearest larger city to Smiths Station?
Phenix City, AL, with 38,509 residents, 6.2 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.