† 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
GroupPleasant GroveAlabamaUnited States
African American†65.7%24.6%9.9%
African2.1%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
American6.3%12.8%5.3%
English6.1%12.1%9.5%
Irish3.3%8.0%9.4%
German2.7%6.4%12.5%
Scottish1.2%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.1%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.7%1.2%—
French0.6%1.1%1.6%
Mexican0.7%3.2%11.3%
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
Pleasant Grove
Alabama
United States
Median age
39.9
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
9.3%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.0%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pleasant Grove
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$70,317
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.7%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.2%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pleasant Grove
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.0%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pleasant Grove
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.
Pleasant Grove, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−30.4%
2008
−16.6%
2012
−0.3%
2016
+8.1%
2020
+25.6%
2024
+41.6%
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
D
70.2%Harris3,340
28.6%Trump1,363
1.2%
D+41.6
D+16.0
D+43.0
4,758
D
62.2%Biden2,818
36.6%Trump1,658
1.2%
D+25.6
D+17.5
D+21.1
4,532
D
53.0%Clinton2,572
44.9%Trump2,177
2.1%
D+8.1
D+8.5
D+6.1
4,850
R
49.4%Obama2,459
49.8%Romney2,476
0.8%
R+0.3
D+16.3
R+4.2
4,974
R
41.4%Obama2,206
58.0%McCain3,093
0.7%
R+16.6
D+13.8
R+23.9
5,334
R
34.7%Kerry1,753
65.2%Bush3,289
0.1%
R+30.4
—
R+28.0
5,048
Pleasant Grove sits in the industrial corridor west of Birmingham, a working-class suburb where Republican candidates have routinely captured 70-plus percent of the municipal vote in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.6 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 30.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 16.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.6 points.
A population of 9,442, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,317 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Port Wentworth and Byram.
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, Pleasant Grove, Alabama voted Democratic by 41.6 points (D+41.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,758 votes cast, 3,340 went Democratic and 1,363 went Republican.
When did Pleasant Grove, Alabama last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Pleasant Grove, Alabama voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Pleasant Grove, Alabama?
Pleasant Grove, Alabama has a population of 9,442 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pleasant Grove, Alabama?
Median household income in Pleasant Grove, Alabama is $70,317 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Pleasant Grove, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pleasant Grove, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.
