Alabama · Census place 0172888

Steele, Alabama

Steele is a town in St. Clair County, Alabama with an estimated 1,003 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 257th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,003; #257 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020: +1.1%; +11 people
Land area: 6.7 sq mi; + 0.03 sq mi water
Density: 149 / sq mi; State median 715

Orange pin: Steele. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

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Steele population, 2020 to 2024

Steele added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 991. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Steele covers 6.71 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 149 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Steele is less dense than the typical town.

What county Steele is in

All of Steele's residents live in St. Clair County, which had 96,927 residents in 2024. Steele holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Steele

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Steele by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35987. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Steele is

The Census internal point of Steele is at 33.941400, -86.192100. Montgomery, the capital, is 108.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Attalla, AL (5,746 people), 5.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 45.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 33.941400, -86.192100
DMS: 33°56'29.04"N 86°11'31.56"W
UTM: 16N 574659.9E 3755952.5N
Geohash: dn49nduff
Plus code: 865MWRR5+H5

Daylight in Steele

At 33.94° N, Steele 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 Steele

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Attalla, 5.1 miles away, with 5,746 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Steele, AL?

1,003 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (1.1%) from 992 in July 2020.

What county is Steele in?

St. Clair County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Steele?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35987.

How far is Steele from Montgomery?

108.3 miles (174.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Steele.

What is the nearest larger city to Steele?

Attalla, AL, with 5,746 residents, 5.1 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.