† 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
GroupHooverAlabamaUnited States
English15.5%12.1%9.5%
American11.0%12.8%5.3%
Irish8.6%8.0%9.4%
German6.9%6.4%12.5%
Scottish2.8%2.0%1.3%
Italian2.8%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.6%1.2%—
French1.4%1.1%1.6%
African American†17.6%24.6%9.9%
African0.6%0.6%0.5%
Asian Indian2.1%0.3%1.4%
Chinese1.2%0.2%1.3%
Vietnamese0.6%—0.6%
Mexican2.7%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
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
Hoover
Alabama
United States
Median age
38.4
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hoover
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$109,253
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.1%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
62.6%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hoover
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.3%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
3.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
0.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.1%
0.2%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.2%
0.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hoover
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.
Hoover, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−54.9%
2008
−44.6%
2012
−43.5%
2016
−30.7%
2020
−19.0%
2024
−22.4%
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
37.4%Harris17,643
59.9%Trump28,224
2.7%
R+22.4
R+3.4
R+21.0
47,151
R
39.4%Biden18,940
58.4%Trump28,083
2.1%
R+19.0
D+11.6
R+23.5
48,052
R
31.5%Clinton13,431
62.2%Trump26,497
6.3%
R+30.7
D+12.9
R+32.8
42,607
R
27.8%Obama11,146
71.3%Romney28,604
0.9%
R+43.5
D+1.1
R+47.4
40,103
R
27.2%Obama10,668
71.8%McCain28,165
1.0%
R+44.6
D+10.3
R+51.9
39,207
R
22.4%Kerry8,239
77.3%Bush28,475
0.4%
R+54.9
—
R+52.5
36,844
Hoover straddles two counties with divergent political histories, giving it an outsized role in statewide margin math. Its affluent, fast-growing population has made it one of Alabama's most closely watched suburban bellwethers.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 54.9 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.4 points.
A population of 92,642, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,253 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Edmond and Bartlett.
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, Hoover, Alabama voted Republican by 22.4 points (R+22.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 47,151 votes cast, 17,643 went Democratic and 28,224 went Republican.
How many people live in Hoover, Alabama?
Hoover, Alabama has a population of 92,642 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hoover, Alabama?
Median household income in Hoover, Alabama is $109,253 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Hoover, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hoover, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
