Homewood, Alabama

The city of Homewood is located in Jefferson County.

Homewood is 210 feet [64.01 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Homewood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Homewood can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Homewood had a population of 25,043 people^<2> (or 3.78% of the total population of Jefferson County). The population of Homewood represented 0.56% of the total of Alabama, making it the state's 16th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Homewood had a population of 23,840 people. This is a decrease of 4.8% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Homewood.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alabaster	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	29,352	29.77% increase
	Bessemer	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	28,542	3.81% decrease
	Center Point	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Fairfield	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	11,316	8.6% decrease
	Gardendale	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	13,665	17.54% increase
	Helena	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	14,639	42.18% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Homewood.

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Homewood. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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