† 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
GroupSouthsideAlabamaUnited States
American15.4%12.8%5.3%
English13.6%12.1%9.5%
Irish9.6%8.0%9.4%
German5.3%6.4%12.5%
Scottish2.1%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.7%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.9%1.2%—
French0.8%1.1%1.6%
African American†5.7%24.6%9.9%
Mexican1.0%3.2%11.3%
Guatemalan0.4%0.5%0.5%
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
Southside
Alabama
United States
Median age
41.8
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
5.7%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.7%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Southside
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$76,487
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.4%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.2%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Southside
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.0%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Southside
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.
Southside, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−61.1%
2008
−67.4%
2012
−69.7%
2016
−73.4%
2020
−73.8%
2024
−74.9%
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
12.0%Harris645
86.9%Trump4,654
1.0%
R+74.9
R+1.1
R+73.4
5,355
R
12.5%Biden666
86.3%Trump4,589
1.2%
R+73.8
R+0.4
R+78.2
5,318
R
11.5%Clinton546
84.9%Trump4,042
3.7%
R+73.4
R+3.7
R+75.5
4,762
R
14.4%Obama681
84.2%Romney3,967
1.4%
R+69.7
R+2.3
R+73.6
4,714
R
15.6%Obama676
83.0%McCain3,598
1.4%
R+67.4
R+6.3
R+74.7
4,334
R
19.3%Kerry762
80.4%Bush3,176
0.3%
R+61.1
—
R+58.7
3,948
Southside sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 74.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 74.9 points.
A population of 9,483, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,487 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rainbow City and Glencoe.
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, Southside, Alabama voted Republican by 74.9 points (R+74.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,355 votes cast, 645 went Democratic and 4,654 went Republican.
How many people live in Southside, Alabama?
Southside, Alabama has a population of 9,483 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Southside, Alabama?
Median household income in Southside, Alabama is $76,487 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Southside, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Southside, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
