Alabama · Census place 0176080

Thorsby, Alabama

Thorsby is a city in Chilton County, Alabama with an estimated 2,190 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 174th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,190
#174 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+5.7%
+119 people
Land area
5.8 sq mi
Density
376 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Thorsby. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Thorsby population, 2020 to 2024

Thorsby added 119 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.7%. In the latest year it moved by +37.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,066. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Thorsby covers 5.83 square miles of land, for 376 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Thorsby is less dense than the typical town.

What county Thorsby is in

All of Thorsby's residents live in Chilton County, which had 47,262 residents in 2024. Thorsby holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Thorsby

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Thorsby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35171. 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 Thorsby is

The Census internal point of Thorsby is at 32.916900, -86.720300. Montgomery, the capital, is 44.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jemison, AL (2,999 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 42.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.916900, -86.720300
DMS
32°55'0.84"N 86°43'13.08"W
UTM
16N 526152.9E 3642109.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
864MW78H+QV

Daylight in Thorsby

At 32.92° N, Thorsby gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Thorsby

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Jemison, 3.8 miles away, with 2,999 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Thorsby, AL?

2,190 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 119 (5.7%) from 2,071 in July 2020.

What county is Thorsby in?

Chilton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Thorsby?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35171.

How far is Thorsby from Montgomery?

44.6 miles (71.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Thorsby.

What is the nearest larger city to Thorsby?

Jemison, AL, with 2,999 residents, 3.8 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.