† 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
GroupValleyAlabamaUnited States
American17.9%12.8%5.3%
English9.8%12.1%9.5%
Irish7.8%8.0%9.4%
German4.8%6.4%12.5%
Scottish1.5%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.0%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.8%1.2%—
French0.5%1.1%1.6%
African American†36.0%24.6%9.9%
African1.0%0.6%0.5%
Mexican2.5%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan1.0%0.5%0.5%
Honduran0.6%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Peruvian0.3%——
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
Valley
Alabama
United States
Median age
34.1
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
10.8%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.0%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Valley
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$51,661
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.9%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.1%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Valley
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.5%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.1%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Valley
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.
Valley, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−34.0%
2008
−24.7%
2012
−5.2%
2016
−30.7%
2020
−28.6%
2024
−32.0%
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. † 2004, 2012 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
33.4%Harris1,337
65.4%Trump2,617
1.2%
R+32.0
R+3.4
R+30.5
4,001
R
35.0%Biden1,358
63.6%Trump2,467
1.3%
R+28.6
D+2.1
R+33.1
3,876
R
33.6%Clinton1,194
64.3%Trump2,286
2.1%
R+30.7
R+25.5
R+32.8
3,555
R
47.0%Obama2,065
52.2%Romney2,292
0.8%
R+5.2
D+19.6
R+9.0
4,391
R
37.1%Obama1,570
61.8%McCain2,617
1.1%
R+24.7
D+9.3
R+32.0
4,235
R
32.9%Kerry1,213
67.0%Bush2,466
0.1%
R+34.0
—
R+31.6
3,683
Valley sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 34.0 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.0 points.
A population of 10,277, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,661 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kings Mountain and Newport.
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, Valley, Alabama voted Republican by 32.0 points (R+32.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,001 votes cast, 1,337 went Democratic and 2,617 went Republican.
How many people live in Valley, Alabama?
Valley, Alabama has a population of 10,277 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Valley, Alabama?
Median household income in Valley, Alabama is $51,661 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Valley, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Valley, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
