† 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
GroupFoleyAlabamaUnited States
American17.9%12.8%5.3%
English15.1%12.1%9.5%
Irish10.1%8.0%9.4%
German9.8%6.4%12.5%
Italian2.8%1.7%4.8%
French2.2%1.1%1.6%
Scottish2.0%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.7%1.2%—
Mexican4.7%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.6%——
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%0.5%0.5%
Spanish0.5%——
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
African American†6.0%24.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Chinese0.9%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.6%—0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%0.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%—0.6%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
Indonesian0.3%——
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
Foley
Alabama
United States
Median age
52.7
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
32.2%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Foley
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$66,336
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.0%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.6%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Foley
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.7%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.3%
3.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.0%
0.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.6%
0.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Foley
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.
Foley, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−47.4%
2008
−42.6%
2012
−49.5%
2016
−53.4%
2020
−49.3%
2024
−54.9%
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
21.9%Harris2,143
76.9%Trump7,510
1.2%
R+54.9
R+5.7
R+53.5
9,768
R
24.8%Biden1,889
74.1%Trump5,646
1.1%
R+49.3
D+4.2
R+53.7
7,622
R
21.6%Clinton1,441
75.0%Trump5,010
3.4%
R+53.4
R+4.0
R+55.5
6,678
R
24.7%Obama1,540
74.2%Romney4,622
1.1%
R+49.5
R+6.9
R+53.3
6,228
R
28.1%Obama1,524
70.7%McCain3,830
1.1%
R+42.6
D+4.9
R+49.9
5,414
R
26.2%Kerry1,177
73.6%Bush3,312
0.2%
R+47.4
—
R+45.0
4,500
Foley anchors a stretch of Baldwin County that has absorbed decades of coastal migration, shifting the area's electorate toward transplant-heavy demographics while remaining one of Alabama's most reliably Republican corners.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 54.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.9 points.
A population of 24,026, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,336 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gulf Shores and Granbury.
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, Foley, Alabama voted Republican by 54.9 points (R+54.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,768 votes cast, 2,143 went Democratic and 7,510 went Republican.
How many people live in Foley, Alabama?
Foley, Alabama has a population of 24,026 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Foley, Alabama?
Median household income in Foley, Alabama is $66,336 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Foley, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Foley, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
