West Blocton, Alabama

West Blocton population, 2020 to 2024

West Blocton lost 17 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

West Blocton covers 4.80 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 249 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so West Blocton is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Blocton is in

All of West Blocton's residents live in Bibb County, which had 22,258 residents in 2024. West Blocton holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Blocton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Blocton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35184. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where West Blocton is

The Census internal point of West Blocton is at 33.118200, -87.125200. Montgomery, the capital, is 70.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Woodstock, AL (1,616 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 24.7 miles away.

Daylight in West Blocton

At 33.12° N, West Blocton 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 West Blocton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodstock, 7.0 miles away, with 1,616 people.