† 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
GroupOppAlabamaUnited States
American12.6%12.8%5.3%
English10.7%12.1%9.5%
Irish7.3%8.0%9.4%
German3.3%6.4%12.5%
Scottish1.7%2.0%1.3%
French1.1%1.1%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.2%—
Italian0.5%1.7%4.8%
African American†16.4%24.6%9.9%
Mexican0.7%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%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
Opp
Alabama
United States
Median age
44.9
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
6.3%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.2%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Opp
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$41,347
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
26.3%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
10.1%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Opp
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.3%
6.1%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Opp
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.
Opp, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−46.6%
2008
−51.6%
2012
−56.9%
2016
−66.8%
2020
−61.1%
2024
−68.7%
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
15.3%Harris408
84.0%Trump2,242
0.7%
R+68.7
R+7.6
R+67.3
2,668
R
19.1%Biden553
80.3%Trump2,322
0.6%
R+61.1
D+5.7
R+65.6
2,893
R
15.7%Clinton428
82.5%Trump2,253
1.8%
R+66.8
R+9.9
R+68.9
2,731
R
21.2%Obama594
78.1%Romney2,188
0.7%
R+56.9
R+5.3
R+60.7
2,802
R
23.6%Obama657
75.2%McCain2,096
1.2%
R+51.6
R+5.0
R+58.9
2,787
R
26.7%Kerry682
73.3%Bush1,872
0.0%
R+46.6
—
R+44.1
2,554
Opp sits at the heart of Alabama's wiregrass country, where a predominantly white working-class population and deep rural roots have made it one of the state's most reliably conservative small cities across multiple election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 68.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 68.7 points.
A population of 6,709, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,347 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mena and Toccoa.
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, Opp, Alabama voted Republican by 68.7 points (R+68.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,668 votes cast, 408 went Democratic and 2,242 went Republican.
How many people live in Opp, Alabama?
Opp, Alabama has a population of 6,709 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Opp, Alabama?
Median household income in Opp, Alabama is $41,347 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Opp, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Opp, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
