† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupAuburn-Opelika, ALAlabamaUnited States
American12.8%12.8%5.3%
English12.2%12.1%9.5%
Irish8.0%8.0%9.4%
German7.0%6.4%12.5%
Scottish2.6%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.8%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.2%1.2%—
Polish1.0%—2.2%
African American†25.6%24.6%9.9%
African0.9%0.6%0.5%
Mexican2.3%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%0.5%0.5%
Panamanian0.2%——
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Korean1.7%0.2%0.4%
Chinese0.8%0.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.5%0.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%—0.6%
Filipino0.2%—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
Auburn-Opelika, AL
Alabama
United States
Median age
34.3
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
17.3%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.1%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Auburn-Opelika, AL
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$63,755
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.4%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.4%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Auburn-Opelika, AL
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.0%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
3.9%
13.6%
Korean
1.6%
0.2%
0.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Auburn-Opelika, AL
Alabama
United States
Catholic
3.5%
5.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
17.7%
42.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
61.9%
36.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.7%
6.5%
5.2%
Black Protestant
7.3%
7.3%
2.2%
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.
Auburn-Opelika, AL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+49.0%
1896
+21.6%
1900
+31.4%
1904
+88.8%
1908
+83.5%
1912
+87.1%
1916
+89.9%
1920
+79.0%
1924
+80.4%
1928
+18.1%
1932
+89.2%
1936
+92.2%
1940
+92.6%
1944
+86.6%
1948
−11.4%
1952
+30.9%
1956
+23.1%
1960
+22.9%
1964
−62.9%
1968
+23.7%
1972
−29.3%
1976
+11.7%
1980
+14.3%
1984
−3.8%
1988
−8.9%
1992
+6.8%
1996
+2.3%
2000
−2.7%
2004
−10.2%
2008
−4.1%
2012
−4.8%
2016
−10.8%
2020
−11.0%
2024
−19.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
39.4%Harris31,882
58.9%Trump47,702
1.7%
R+19.5
R+8.6
R+18.1
80,961
R
43.6%Biden34,968
54.6%Trump43,762
1.8%
R+11.0
R+0.1
R+15.4
80,172
R
43.0%Clinton28,796
53.8%Trump36,048
3.1%
R+10.8
R+6.0
R+12.9
66,943
R
47.0%Obama30,426
51.8%Romney33,525
1.2%
R+4.8
R+0.7
R+8.6
64,753
R
47.5%Obama30,948
51.6%McCain33,626
1.0%
R+4.1
D+6.1
R+11.4
65,202
R
44.5%Kerry24,027
54.7%Bush29,542
0.8%
R+10.2
R+7.5
R+7.8
54,017
R
47.2%Gore22,239
50.0%Bush23,524
2.8%
R+2.7
R+5.1
R+3.2
47,095
D
48.1%Clinton19,937
45.8%Dole18,972
6.1%
D+2.3
R+4.5
R+6.2
41,417
D
47.5%Clinton21,023
40.7%Bush18,019
11.8%
D+6.8
D+15.7
D+1.2
44,252
R
44.8%Dukakis15,429
53.7%Bush18,484
1.5%
R+8.9
R+5.0
R+1.1
34,439
R
47.5%Mondale16,934
51.3%Reagan18,300
1.2%
R+3.8
R+18.1
D+14.4
35,660
D
54.1%Carter16,634
39.8%Reagan12,241
6.1%
D+14.3
D+2.6
D+24.0
30,746
D
54.8%Carter14,342
43.0%Ford11,271
2.2%
D+11.7
D+41.1
D+9.7
26,186
R
34.1%McGovern7,258
63.4%Nixon13,502
2.5%
R+29.3
R+53.1
R+6.2
21,286
O
37.2%Humphrey7,253
13.4%Nixon2,623
49.4%
Wallace +12.2
D+86.7
D+24.4
19,517
R
0.0%Johnson0
62.9%Goldwater7,772
37.1%
R+62.9
R+85.9
R+85.5
12,347
D
61.1%Kennedy5,086
38.2%Nixon3,178
0.8%
D+22.9
R+0.2
D+22.7
8,328
D
59.7%Stevenson4,326
36.6%Eisenhower2,653
3.7%
D+23.1
R+7.8
D+38.5
7,244
D
65.4%Stevenson4,260
34.5%Eisenhower2,247
0.1%
D+30.9
D+42.3
D+41.7
6,513
O
0.0%Truman0
11.4%Dewey368
88.6%
Thurmond +77.1
R+98.0
R+15.9
3,218
D
93.2%Roosevelt3,043
6.6%Dewey216
0.2%
D+86.6
R+6.0
D+79.1
3,266
D
96.2%Roosevelt3,825
3.6%Willkie144
0.2%
D+92.6
D+0.4
D+82.7
3,975
D
96.0%Roosevelt3,328
3.8%Landon132
0.2%
D+92.2
D+3.0
D+67.9
3,467
D
94.4%Roosevelt2,893
5.2%Hoover159
0.4%
D+89.2
D+71.1
D+71.4
3,065
D
59.2%Smith1,962
41.2%Hoover1,364
0.0%
D+18.1
R+62.3
D+35.5
3,312
D
87.3%Davis1,828
7.0%Coolidge146
5.7%
D+80.4
D+1.4
D+105.5
2,093
D
87.2%Cox2,313
8.3%Harding219
4.5%
D+79.0
R+11.0
D+105.1
2,652
D
94.0%Wilson1,944
4.1%Hughes85
1.8%
D+89.9
D+2.8
D+86.8
2,067
D
90.4%Wilson1,826
3.3%Taft67
6.2%
D+87.1
D+3.6
D+67.6
2,019
D
89.2%Bryan1,608
5.7%Taft102
5.2%
D+83.5
R+5.3
D+93.1
1,803
D
93.3%Parker1,910
4.4%Roosevelt91
2.3%
D+88.8
D+57.4
D+108.5
2,048
D
64.1%Bryan3,013
32.7%McKinley1,537
3.2%
D+31.4
D+9.8
D+39.0
4,698
D
58.3%Bryan2,780
36.7%McKinley1,750
4.9%
D+21.6
R+27.4
D+27.7
4,765
D
55.1%Cleveland2,960
6.2%Harrison331
38.7%
D+49.0
—
D+47.3
5,369
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
36.1%16,589
61.2%28,119
45,953
2020
R
46.5%37,210
53.3%42,635
79,971
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Auburn-Opelika, AL
Year
Total registered
2018
129,795
2020
142,072
2022
140,469
2024
151,129
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+553 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +15,756 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Auburn-Opelika, AL in Auburn-Opelika, AL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,832
2012
+2,049
2013
+1,236
2014
+1,126
2015
+826
2016
+555
2017
+983
2018
+731
2019
−274
2021
+1,711
2022
+1,857
2023
+1,189
2024
+1,382
2025
+553
Auburn University shapes the metro's demographic profile, injecting a transient student population and educated workforce into a region where Republicans routinely clear 65% in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.6 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 62.9 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 8.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.5 points.
A population of 199,825, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,755 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oxford, MS and Tuscaloosa, AL.
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In 2024, Auburn-Opelika, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 19.5 points (R+19.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 80,961 votes cast, 31,882 went Democratic and 47,702 went Republican.
When did Auburn-Opelika, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Auburn-Opelika, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Auburn-Opelika, AL, Alabama?
Auburn-Opelika, AL, Alabama has a population of 199,825 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Auburn-Opelika, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Auburn-Opelika, AL, Alabama is $63,755 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Auburn-Opelika, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Auburn-Opelika, AL, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
