Alabama · Census place 0174688

Tallassee, Alabama

Tallassee is a city in 2 counties of Alabama with an estimated 4,715 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 113th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,715
#113 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-69 people
Land area
11.4 sq mi
+ 0.83 sq mi water
Density
415 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Tallassee. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Tallassee population, 2020 to 2024

Tallassee lost 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -37.

4,78420204,77120214,73720224,75220234,7152024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,788. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tallassee covers 11.37 square miles of land and 0.83 of water, for 415 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Tallassee is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Tallassee spans

Tallassee crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 4,715 residents as follows; Elmore County holds 67.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Elmore County3,164
  2. 02Tallapoosa County1,551
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Tallassee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tallassee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36078. 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 Tallassee is

The Census internal point of Tallassee is at 32.532700, -85.892000. Montgomery, the capital, is 26.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tuskegee, AL (8,653 people), 14.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 25.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.532700, -85.892000
DMS
32°31'57.72"N 85°53'31.20"W
UTM
16N 604049.7E 3600025.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
864PG4M5+36

Daylight in Tallassee

At 32.53° N, Tallassee gets about 14 h 18 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 Tallassee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Eclectic, 11.4 miles away, with 1,213 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tallassee, AL?

4,715 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 69 (1.4%) from 4,784 in July 2020.

What county is Tallassee in?

It spans 2 counties: Elmore County (3,164 residents), Tallapoosa County (1,551 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Tallassee?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 36078.

How far is Tallassee from Montgomery?

26.1 miles (42.0 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Tallassee.

What is the nearest larger city to Tallassee?

Tuskegee, AL, with 8,653 residents, 14.5 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)

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