† 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
GroupFort RuckerAlabamaUnited States
American12.0%12.8%5.3%
English9.6%12.1%9.5%
Irish7.1%8.0%9.4%
German6.9%6.4%12.5%
Italian2.0%1.7%4.8%
French1.7%1.1%1.6%
Scottish1.5%2.0%1.3%
Polish1.2%—2.2%
Mexican11.3%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican4.5%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.5%—0.7%
Spanish0.5%——
African American†6.3%24.6%9.9%
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
Korean1.7%0.2%0.4%
Chinese0.8%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.8%—0.9%
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
Fort Rucker
Alabama
United States
Median age
25.1
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
12.4%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
0.6%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fort Rucker
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$74,541
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.9%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fort Rucker
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.6%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.9%
3.9%
13.6%
Korean
1.5%
0.2%
0.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fort Rucker
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.
Fort Rucker, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−34.8%
2008
−30.5%
2012
−40.4%
2016
−31.1%
2020
−24.0%
2024
−71.4%
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
13.3%Harris89
84.8%Trump567
1.9%
R+71.4
R+47.4
R+70.0
669
R
36.0%Biden111
60.1%Trump185
3.9%
R+24.0
D+7.1
R+28.5
308
R
28.5%Clinton77
59.6%Trump161
11.9%
R+31.1
D+9.2
R+33.2
270
R
29.4%Obama134
69.7%Romney318
0.9%
R+40.4
R+9.9
R+44.2
456
R
33.9%Obama231
64.4%McCain439
1.8%
R+30.5
D+4.3
R+37.8
682
R
31.8%Kerry209
66.6%Bush438
1.7%
R+34.8
—
R+32.3
658
Fort Rucker CDP is a census-designated place built around the U.S. Army's primary helicopter pilot training installation, giving it an unusually transient population of active-duty personnel and their families whose electoral participation skews toward absentee and military-overseas ballots.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 71.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 47.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 71.4 points.
A population of 4,705, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,541 describe the city.
In 2024, Fort Rucker, Alabama voted Republican by 71.4 points (R+71.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 669 votes cast, 89 went Democratic and 567 went Republican.
How many people live in Fort Rucker, Alabama?
Fort Rucker, Alabama has a population of 4,705 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Rucker, Alabama?
Median household income in Fort Rucker, Alabama is $74,541 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Fort Rucker, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fort Rucker, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
