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
GroupMargaretAlabamaUnited States
English15.0%12.1%9.5%
Irish10.4%8.0%9.4%
American10.4%12.8%5.3%
German6.8%6.4%12.5%
Scottish2.5%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.7%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.3%1.2%—
French0.9%1.1%1.6%
African American†14.2%24.6%9.9%
African0.4%0.6%0.5%
Mexican1.5%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.7%0.5%0.5%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
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
Margaret
Alabama
United States
Median age
32.8
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
4.6%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
8.5%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Margaret
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$101,802
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
3.7%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.3%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Margaret
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.7%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.7%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Margaret
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.
Margaret, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−53.0%
2008
−53.3%
2012
−58.9%
2016
−49.4%
2020
−42.4%
2024
−39.4%
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
29.7%Harris780
69.1%Trump1,815
1.1%
R+39.4
D+2.9
R+38.0
2,625
R
28.1%Biden672
70.5%Trump1,684
1.3%
R+42.4
D+7.0
R+46.8
2,388
R
23.6%Clinton460
73.0%Trump1,421
3.3%
R+49.4
D+9.5
R+51.5
1,946
R
20.1%Obama353
79.0%Romney1,387
0.9%
R+58.9
R+5.6
R+62.7
1,756
R
22.8%Obama347
76.1%McCain1,159
1.1%
R+53.3
R+0.3
R+60.6
1,523
R
23.4%Kerry303
76.3%Bush990
0.3%
R+53.0
—
R+50.5
1,297
Margaret sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 58.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.4 points.
A population of 5,877, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $101,802 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Red Chute and Rincon.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Margaret, Alabama voted Republican by 39.4 points (R+39.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,625 votes cast, 780 went Democratic and 1,815 went Republican.
How many people live in Margaret, Alabama?
Margaret, Alabama has a population of 5,877 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Margaret, Alabama?
Median household income in Margaret, Alabama is $101,802 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Margaret, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Margaret, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
