† 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
GroupSylacaugaAlabamaUnited States
English11.9%12.1%9.5%
American10.8%12.8%5.3%
Irish8.5%8.0%9.4%
German6.1%6.4%12.5%
Scottish1.6%2.0%1.3%
Italian0.8%1.7%4.8%
French0.8%1.1%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.7%1.2%—
African American†32.9%24.6%9.9%
African0.5%0.6%0.5%
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Mexican0.8%3.2%11.3%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
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
Sylacauga
Alabama
United States
Median age
37.4
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
5.0%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sylacauga
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$50,017
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.0%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.9%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sylacauga
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.6%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
3.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sylacauga
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.
Sylacauga, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−25.1%
2008
−20.2%
2012
−16.8%
2016
−26.8%
2020
−21.1%
2024
−29.2%
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
34.9%Harris1,692
64.2%Trump3,109
0.9%
R+29.2
R+8.2
R+27.8
4,845
R
39.0%Biden2,084
60.1%Trump3,209
0.9%
R+21.1
D+5.8
R+25.5
5,342
R
35.6%Clinton1,837
62.5%Trump3,220
1.9%
R+26.8
R+10.1
R+28.9
5,156
R
41.3%Obama2,151
58.1%Romney3,025
0.7%
R+16.8
D+3.4
R+20.6
5,211
R
39.3%Obama2,145
59.5%McCain3,248
1.2%
R+20.2
D+4.9
R+27.5
5,460
R
37.4%Kerry1,767
62.5%Bush2,953
0.1%
R+25.1
—
R+22.7
4,723
Sylacauga's economy has long centered on its marble industry and related manufacturing, producing a blue-collar electorate in Talladega County that has shifted steadily toward Republican margins over the past two decades alongside broader rural Alabama trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 29.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.2 points.
A population of 12,309, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,017 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Eden and Vidalia.
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, Sylacauga, Alabama voted Republican by 29.2 points (R+29.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,845 votes cast, 1,692 went Democratic and 3,109 went Republican.
How many people live in Sylacauga, Alabama?
Sylacauga, Alabama has a population of 12,309 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sylacauga, Alabama?
Median household income in Sylacauga, Alabama is $50,017 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Sylacauga, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sylacauga, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
