Vestavia Hills, Alabama

Vestavia Hills population, 2020 to 2024

Vestavia Hills lost 965 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +52. Among 107 Alabama places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 87th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alabama has 14,094 people, so Vestavia Hills is 2.7 times that size.

Vestavia Hills covers 20.03 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 1,905 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Vestavia Hills is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Vestavia Hills spans

Vestavia Hills crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 38,151 residents as follows; Jefferson County holds 99.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Vestavia Hills

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Vestavia Hills by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 35216, 35242, 35243. 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 Vestavia Hills is

The Census internal point of Vestavia Hills is at 33.462500, -86.739500. Montgomery, the capital, is 79.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Birmingham, AL (196,357 people), 5.6 miles away.

Daylight in Vestavia Hills

At 33.46° N, Vestavia Hills gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Vestavia Hills

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Mountain Brook, 2.0 miles away, with 21,701 people.