Talladega, Alabama

Talladega population, 2020 to 2024

Talladega lost 456 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +65. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 92nd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Talladega is 1.0 times that size.

Talladega covers 26.05 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 564 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Talladega is less dense than the typical town.

What county Talladega is in

All of Talladega's residents live in Talladega County, which had 81,375 residents in 2024. Talladega holds 18.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Talladega

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Talladega by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35160. 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 Talladega is

The Census internal point of Talladega is at 33.431800, -86.099500. Montgomery, the capital, is 73.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oxford, AL (22,088 people), 17.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 40.8 miles away.

Daylight in Talladega

At 33.43° N, Talladega gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Talladega

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Lincoln, 10.4 miles away, with 7,790 people.