† 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
GroupRoanokeAlabamaUnited States
American14.3%12.8%5.3%
English11.6%12.1%9.5%
Irish6.8%8.0%9.4%
German3.7%6.4%12.5%
Scotch-Irish1.8%1.2%—
Scottish1.3%2.0%1.3%
French0.7%1.1%1.6%
Italian0.6%1.7%4.8%
African American†38.6%24.6%9.9%
African0.8%0.6%0.5%
Mexican0.9%3.2%11.3%
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
Roanoke
Alabama
United States
Median age
42.5
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
4.0%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.2%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Roanoke
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$47,105
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.0%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Roanoke
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.0%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Roanoke
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.
Roanoke, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−7.3%
2008
−10.0%
2012
−13.1%
2016
−19.2%
2020
−21.4%
2024
−27.6%
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
35.8%Harris743
63.4%Trump1,317
0.8%
R+27.6
R+6.2
R+26.2
2,076
R
38.9%Biden929
60.3%Trump1,441
0.9%
R+21.4
R+2.2
R+25.9
2,391
R
39.5%Clinton889
58.7%Trump1,321
1.8%
R+19.2
R+6.1
R+21.3
2,250
R
43.0%Obama1,604
56.1%Romney2,092
0.9%
R+13.1
R+3.1
R+16.9
3,730
R
44.2%Obama1,104
54.2%McCain1,353
1.5%
R+10.0
R+2.7
R+17.3
2,495
R
46.3%Kerry992
53.6%Bush1,149
0.0%
R+7.3
—
R+4.9
2,142
Roanoke sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 27.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.6 points.
A population of 5,336, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,105 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Eastman and Brewton.
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, Roanoke, Alabama voted Republican by 27.6 points (R+27.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,076 votes cast, 743 went Democratic and 1,317 went Republican.
How many people live in Roanoke, Alabama?
Roanoke, Alabama has a population of 5,336 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Roanoke, Alabama?
Median household income in Roanoke, Alabama is $47,105 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Roanoke, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Roanoke, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
