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
GroupCottondaleAlabamaUnited States
African American†49.0%24.6%9.9%
African1.0%0.6%0.5%
English7.9%12.1%9.5%
American7.6%12.8%5.3%
Irish5.1%8.0%9.4%
German4.2%6.4%12.5%
Italian1.5%1.7%4.8%
Scottish1.4%2.0%1.3%
French1.0%1.1%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.8%1.2%—
Mexican1.4%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%0.5%0.5%
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
Cottondale
Alabama
United States
Median age
45.1
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.1%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cottondale
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$44,877
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
32.0%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
14.9%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cottondale
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.0%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.5%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cottondale
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.
Cottondale, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−36.6%
2008
−29.1%
2012
−26.3%
2016
−31.8%
2020
−22.0%
2024
−25.3%
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
36.6%Harris476
62.0%Trump805
1.4%
R+25.3
R+3.3
R+23.9
1,299
R
38.3%Biden536
60.4%Trump844
1.3%
R+22.0
D+9.8
R+26.5
1,398
R
32.1%Clinton425
63.9%Trump847
4.1%
R+31.8
R+5.6
R+33.9
1,326
R
36.4%Obama439
62.6%Romney756
1.0%
R+26.3
D+2.8
R+30.1
1,207
R
34.7%Obama476
63.8%McCain875
1.5%
R+29.1
D+7.5
R+36.4
1,372
R
31.4%Kerry381
68.0%Bush825
0.6%
R+36.6
—
R+34.1
1,213
Cottondale sits along the U.S. 11 corridor just east of Tuscaloosa, functioning as a suburban-fringe community whose voting patterns track closely with the broader Tuscaloosa County electorate rather than signaling independent political movement.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 36.6 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.3 points.
A population of 2,632, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,877 describe the city.
In 2024, Cottondale, Alabama voted Republican by 25.3 points (R+25.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,299 votes cast, 476 went Democratic and 805 went Republican.
How many people live in Cottondale, Alabama?
Cottondale, Alabama has a population of 2,632 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cottondale, Alabama?
Median household income in Cottondale, Alabama is $44,877 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Cottondale, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cottondale, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
