Alabama · Census place 0174424
Sylvan Springs, Alabama
Sylvan Springs is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama with an estimated 1,613 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 219th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,613
- #219 of 257 in Alabama
- Change since 2020
- -3.2%
- -53 people
- Land area
- 9.3 sq mi
- Density
- 173 / sq mi
- State median 715
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Sylvan Springs population, 2020 to 2024
Sylvan Springs lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Sylvan Springs covers 9.32 square miles of land, for 173 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Sylvan Springs is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sylvan Springs is in
All of Sylvan Springs's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 664,744 residents in 2024. Sylvan Springs holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sylvan Springs
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sylvan Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35118. 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 Sylvan Springs is
The Census internal point of Sylvan Springs is at 33.530200, -87.031200. Montgomery, the capital, is 90.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pleasant Grove, AL (9,375 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 13.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.530200, -87.031200
- DMS
- 33°31'48.72"N 87°01'52.32"W
- UTM
- 16N 497103.0E 3710067.9N
- Geohash
- djfnexczd
- Plus code
- 865JGXJ9+3G
Daylight in Sylvan Springs
At 33.53° N, Sylvan Springs gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sylvan Springs
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Pleasant Grove, 4.0 miles away, with 9,375 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sylvan Springs, AL?
1,613 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 53 (3.2%) from 1,666 in July 2020.
What county is Sylvan Springs in?
Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sylvan Springs?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35118.
How far is Sylvan Springs from Montgomery?
90.3 miles (145.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Sylvan Springs.
What is the nearest larger city to Sylvan Springs?
Pleasant Grove, AL, with 9,375 residents, 4.0 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.