Huntsville, AL, Alabama: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+16%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 516,9512024 5-year
- Median household income
- $85,8812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Huntsville, AL, ALOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 102,405 | 143,317 | 250,949 | ||
| R | 100,958 | 137,420 | 244,002 | ||
| R | 72,290 | 118,587 | 198,553 | ||
| R | 71,844 | 116,179 | 190,518 | ||
| R | 73,653 | 110,563 | 186,450 | ||
| R | 61,770 | 96,875 | 160,135 | ||
| R | 57,191 | 76,355 | 136,952 | ||
| R | 50,304 | 61,252 | 121,540 | ||
| R | 47,061 | 61,306 | 129,431 | ||
| R | 31,255 | 62,661 | 94,654 | ||
| R | 32,291 | 58,851 | 92,144 | ||
| D | 38,649 | 35,178 | 78,456 | ||
| D | 44,300 | 23,956 | 69,287 | ||
| R | 15,187 | 45,087 | 61,436 | ||
| O | 8,893 | 14,083 | 62,328 | ||
| R | 0 | 16,656 | 32,900 | ||
| D | 15,106 | 6,290 | 21,532 | ||
| D | 13,199 | 3,582 | 16,900 | ||
| D | 12,060 | 2,172 | 14,326 | ||
| O | 0 | 578 | 5,508 | ||
| D | 7,556 | 584 | 8,165 | ||
| D | 8,456 | 661 | 9,143 | ||
| D | 8,523 | 621 | 9,210 | ||
| D | 7,462 | 666 | 8,182 | ||
| D | 4,370 | 3,102 | 7,474 | ||
| D | 3,581 | 504 | 4,206 | ||
| D | 4,634 | 774 | 5,454 | ||
| D | 3,656 | 307 | 4,048 | ||
| D | 3,158 | 240 | 3,963 | ||
| D | 3,356 | 515 | 3,942 | ||
| D | 3,172 | 369 | 3,570 | ||
| D | 4,704 | 2,836 | 7,653 | ||
| D | 5,868 | 4,068 | 10,135 | ||
| O | 4,493 | 21 | 9,997 | ||
| R | 3,625 | 3,778 | 7,431 | ||
| R | 4,230 | 4,605 | 8,991 | ||
| R | 4,408 | 4,685 | 9,638 | ||
| D | 5,107 | 4,120 | 9,227 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.6%
American
11.2%
Irish
9.5%
German
9.2%
Italian
2.2%
Scottish
2.2%
French
1.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$85,881
Huntsville, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Huntsville, AL$85,881
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.9%
Working age (18–64)9.5%
Seniors (65+)10.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.6%
speak English only
Spanish4.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and a dense concentration of defense contractors, the Huntsville metro has drawn a highly educated, engineering-heavy workforce that has gradually compressed Republican margins compared with the rest of Alabama.
The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Huntsville, AL, by a twenty-nine points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was sixteen points.
The political shift has tracked, in Huntsville, AL, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $85,881, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Huntsville, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Huntsville, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 16.3 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 250,949 votes cast, 102,405 went Democratic and 143,317 went Republican.
What is Huntsville, AL, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Huntsville, AL, Alabama as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 16 times, and other 3 times.
When did Huntsville, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Huntsville, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Huntsville, AL, Alabama?
Huntsville, AL, Alabama has a population of 516,951 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Huntsville, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Huntsville, AL, Alabama is $85,881 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Huntsville, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Huntsville, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.