Alabama · Census place 0181504

Westover, Alabama

Westover is a town in Shelby County, Alabama with an estimated 2,010 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 188th largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,010
#188 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+12.3%
+220 people
Land area
19.8 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
101 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Westover. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Westover population, 2020 to 2024

Westover added 220 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.3%. In the latest year it moved by +96.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,778. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Westover covers 19.83 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 101 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Westover is less dense than the typical town.

What county Westover is in

All of Westover's residents live in Shelby County, which had 235,969 residents in 2024. Westover holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Westover

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Westover by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35078, 35147. 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 Westover is

The Census internal point of Westover is at 33.367300, -86.534000. Montgomery, the capital, is 69.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chelsea, AL (17,293 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 18.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.367300, -86.534000
DMS
33°22'2.28"N 86°32'2.40"W
UTM
16N 543350.7E 3692104.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
865M9F88+WC

Daylight in Westover

At 33.37° N, Westover gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Westover

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Harpersville, 7.0 miles away, with 1,925 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Westover, AL?

2,010 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 220 (12.3%) from 1,790 in July 2020.

What county is Westover in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Westover?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 35078, 35147.

How far is Westover from Montgomery?

69.8 miles (112.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Westover.

What is the nearest larger city to Westover?

Chelsea, AL, with 17,293 residents, 7.1 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.