† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFayetteAlabamaUnited States
American18.4%12.8%5.3%
English10.3%12.1%9.5%
Irish6.3%8.0%9.4%
German2.5%6.4%12.5%
Italian1.8%1.7%4.8%
Scottish1.6%2.0%1.3%
French0.8%1.1%1.6%
Danish0.4%——
African American†18.2%24.6%9.9%
Nigerian1.3%—0.2%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.7%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fayette
Alabama
United States
Median age
36.5
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.5%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fayette
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$36,473
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
42.0%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.7%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fayette
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.0%
6.1%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fayette
Alabama
United States
Catholic
—
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
36.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fayette, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−17.9%
2008
−30.2%
2012
−62.5%
2016
−44.9%
2020
−45.5%
2024
−49.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
24.7%Harris490
73.9%Trump1,463
1.4%
R+49.1
R+3.6
R+47.6
1,981
R
26.7%Biden565
72.2%Trump1,529
1.1%
R+45.5
R+0.6
R+50.0
2,118
R
26.3%Clinton547
71.2%Trump1,482
2.5%
R+44.9
D+17.6
R+47.0
2,082
R
18.2%Obama72
80.8%Romney319
1.0%
R+62.5
R+32.4
R+66.4
395
R
34.0%Obama740
64.1%McCain1,397
1.9%
R+30.2
R+12.3
R+37.4
2,178
R
41.0%Kerry910
58.8%Bush1,307
0.2%
R+17.9
—
R+15.4
2,222
Fayette City anchors a rural county where textile and timber employment declines have driven population loss for decades, leaving an older, majority-white electorate that has swung heavily toward Republican candidates in recent statewide cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 62.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.1 points.
A population of 4,164, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,473 describe the city.
In 2024, Fayette, Alabama voted Republican by 49.1 points (R+49.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,981 votes cast, 490 went Democratic and 1,463 went Republican.
How many people live in Fayette, Alabama?
Fayette, Alabama has a population of 4,164 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fayette, Alabama?
Median household income in Fayette, Alabama is $36,473 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Fayette, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fayette, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
