Alabama · Census place 0175096

Taylor, Alabama

Taylor is a city in 2 counties of Alabama with an estimated 2,337 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 161st largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,337
#161 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+65 people
Land area
7.2 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
323 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Taylor. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Taylor population, 2020 to 2024

Taylor added 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +22.

2,27220202,28020212,30120222,31520232,3372024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,269. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Taylor covers 7.23 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 323 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Taylor is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Taylor spans

Taylor crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,337 residents as follows; Houston County holds 99.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Houston County2,329
  2. 02Geneva County8
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Taylor

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Taylor by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36301, 36305. 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 Taylor is

The Census internal point of Taylor is at 31.168800, -85.475800. Montgomery, the capital, is 96.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dothan, AL (71,650 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 87.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.168800, -85.475800
DMS
31°10'7.68"N 85°28'32.88"W
UTM
16N 645260.4E 3449309.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
863P5G9F+GM

Daylight in Taylor

At 31.17° N, Taylor gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Taylor

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Malvern, 3.3 miles away, with 1,677 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Taylor, AL?

2,337 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 65 (2.9%) from 2,272 in July 2020.

What county is Taylor in?

It spans 2 counties: Houston County (2,329 residents), Geneva County (8 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Taylor?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36301, 36305.

How far is Taylor from Montgomery?

96.5 miles (155.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Taylor.

What is the nearest larger city to Taylor?

Dothan, AL, with 71,650 residents, 6.1 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.