Steele is a town in northeastern St. Clair County, Alabama, United States.

At the 2000 census there were 1,093 people, 430 households, and 323 families in the town.

There were 471 housing units at an average density of 72.4 per square mile (28.0/km2).

[5] Of the 430 households 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families.

There were 490 housing units at an average density of 75.4 per square mile (29.1/km2).

[6] Of the 433 households 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 992 people, 478 households, and 332 families residing in the town.