What is the crime rate for ZIP code 35579?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Walker County, AL (the county containing ZIP 35579) agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the UCR Program. The county figures shown cover only the agencies that submitted, so no meaningful crime rate can be stated for this area. Low reported counts here indicate missing reports, not an absence of crime.

What county is ZIP code 35579 in?

ZIP code 35579 is located in Walker County, AL.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 35579

Walker County, Alabama: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

3,552
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 35579 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 35579 sits within Walker County, AL, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 35579 carries a Census-reported population of 3,552, ranking #7 of 13 ZIPs in Walker County, spread across 157.38 square miles (about 23 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Walker County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Walker County crime page linked below.

ZIP 35579 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Walker County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 35579 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income: $43,693
Median age: 47.3 years
Owner-occupied homes: 84%
Occupied homes: 1,383

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 35579 settlement vs Walker County

ZIP 35579 itself is about 23 people per Census sq mi across 157.4 sq mi (3,552 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 35579 accounts for roughly 5.4% of the county reporting population (3,552 of 65,342).

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 35579

Similar Census population (~3,552)

ZIP 65052, MO · 3,552 pop · Δ0
ZIP 16254, PA · 3,551 pop · Δ1
ZIP 18426, PA · 3,553 pop · Δ1
ZIP 30055, GA · 3,551 pop · Δ1

County detail: Walker County · State atlas: Alabama

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.