Alabama · Census place 0176920

Troy, Alabama

Troy is a city in Pike County, Alabama with an estimated 17,734 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,734
#36 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+71 people
Land area
28.3 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
626 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Troy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Troy population, 2020 to 2024

Troy added 71 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -87. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 63rd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Troy is 1.3 times that size.

17.7k202017.5k202117.8k202217.8k202317.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 17,740. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Troy covers 28.34 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 626 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Troy is less dense than the typical town.

What county Troy is in

All of Troy's residents live in Pike County, which had 33,124 residents in 2024. Troy holds 53.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Troy

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Troy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36079, 36081, 36082. 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 Troy is

The Census internal point of Troy is at 31.802000, -85.967100. Montgomery, the capital, is 44.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Enterprise, AL (30,731 people), 33.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Montgomery, AL, 41.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.802000, -85.967100
DMS
31°48'7.20"N 85°58'1.56"W
UTM
16N 597774.4E 3518953.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
863PR22M+Q5

Daylight in Troy

At 31.80° N, Troy gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Troy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Brundidge, 10.5 miles away, with 2,028 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Troy, AL?

17,734 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 71 (0.4%) from 17,663 in July 2020.

What county is Troy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Troy?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 36079, 36081, 36082.

How far is Troy from Montgomery?

44.3 miles (71.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Troy.

What is the nearest larger city to Troy?

Enterprise, AL, with 30,731 residents, 33.7 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.