Alabama · Census place 0178264

Vance, Alabama

Vance is a city in 2 counties of Alabama with an estimated 2,303 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 165th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,303
#165 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+7.8%
+167 people
Land area
10.2 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
226 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Vance. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Montgomery.

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Vance population, 2020 to 2024

Vance added 167 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.8%. In the latest year it moved by +27.

2,13620202,15620212,14820222,27620232,3032024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,100. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Vance covers 10.18 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 226 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Vance is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Vance spans

Vance crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,303 residents as follows; Tuscaloosa County holds 96.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Tuscaloosa County2,210
  2. 02Bibb County93
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Vance

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Vance by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35188, 35490. 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 Vance is

The Census internal point of Vance is at 33.174000, -87.226600. Montgomery, the capital, is 77.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brookwood, AL (2,453 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 18.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.174000, -87.226600
DMS
33°10'26.40"N 87°13'35.76"W
UTM
16N 478873.6E 3670599.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
865J5QFF+J9

Daylight in Vance

At 33.17° N, Vance gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Vance

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodstock, 5.4 miles away, with 1,616 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Vance, AL?

2,303 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 167 (7.8%) from 2,136 in July 2020.

What county is Vance in?

It spans 2 counties: Tuscaloosa County (2,210 residents), Bibb County (93 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Vance?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35188, 35490.

How far is Vance from Montgomery?

77.0 miles (123.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Vance.

What is the nearest larger city to Vance?

Brookwood, AL, with 2,453 residents, 7.6 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.