Alabama · Census place 0173848

Sumiton, Alabama

Sumiton is a city in 2 counties of Alabama with an estimated 2,511 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 155th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,511
#155 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-31 people
Land area
5.8 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
435 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Sumiton. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Sumiton population, 2020 to 2024

Sumiton lost 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

2,54220202,51320212,49820222,50720232,5112024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,552. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sumiton covers 5.77 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 435 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Sumiton is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Sumiton spans

Sumiton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,511 residents as follows; Walker County holds 98.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Walker County2,471
  2. 02Jefferson County40
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Sumiton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sumiton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35062, 35148. 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 Sumiton is

The Census internal point of Sumiton is at 33.749300, -87.046900. Montgomery, the capital, is 104.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Adamsville, AL (4,181 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 21.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.749300, -87.046900
DMS
33°44'57.48"N 87°02'48.84"W
UTM
16N 495656.2E 3734360.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
865JPXX3+P6

Daylight in Sumiton

At 33.75° N, Sumiton gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sumiton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Dora, 2.5 miles away, with 2,242 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sumiton, AL?

2,511 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 31 (1.2%) from 2,542 in July 2020.

What county is Sumiton in?

It spans 2 counties: Walker County (2,471 residents), Jefferson County (40 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Sumiton?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35062, 35148.

How far is Sumiton from Montgomery?

104.2 miles (167.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Sumiton.

What is the nearest larger city to Sumiton?

Adamsville, AL, with 4,181 residents, 11.1 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.

  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.