† 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
GroupElbaAlabamaUnited States
English10.0%12.1%9.5%
German7.2%6.4%12.5%
Irish7.1%8.0%9.4%
American6.9%12.8%5.3%
Italian1.3%1.7%4.8%
Scottish1.3%2.0%1.3%
French1.1%1.1%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.2%—
African American†33.0%24.6%9.9%
Mexican0.8%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%
Chinese0.5%0.2%1.3%
Korean0.5%0.2%0.4%
Vietnamese0.3%—0.6%
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
Elba
Alabama
United States
Median age
47.8
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
5.0%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
28.2%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Elba
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$44,792
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
23.8%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
11.7%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Elba
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.6%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.7%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Elba
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.
Elba, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−26.9%
2008
−27.0%
2012
−42.8%
2016
−31.6%
2020
−27.8%
2024
−42.8%
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
28.3%Harris338
71.1%Trump850
0.7%
R+42.8
R+15.0
R+41.3
1,196
R
35.7%Biden468
63.5%Trump833
0.8%
R+27.8
D+3.7
R+32.3
1,312
R
32.9%Clinton409
64.5%Trump801
2.6%
R+31.6
D+11.2
R+33.7
1,242
R
28.2%Obama410
70.9%Romney1,033
0.9%
R+42.8
R+15.8
R+46.6
1,456
R
35.9%Obama558
62.9%McCain978
1.2%
R+27.0
R+0.1
R+34.3
1,555
R
35.9%Kerry492
62.8%Bush861
1.2%
R+26.9
—
R+24.5
1,370
Elba sits at the confluence of the Pea and Choctawhatchee rivers in southeastern Alabama's peanut belt, a rural county-seat community where agricultural cycles and flood history have long influenced both population trends and civic priorities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 42.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 15.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.8 points.
A population of 3,468, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,792 describe the city.
In 2024, Elba, Alabama voted Republican by 42.8 points (R+42.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,196 votes cast, 338 went Democratic and 850 went Republican.
How many people live in Elba, Alabama?
Elba, Alabama has a population of 3,468 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Elba, Alabama?
Median household income in Elba, Alabama is $44,792 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Elba, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Elba, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
