† 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
GroupTroyAlabamaUnited States
American12.3%12.8%5.3%
English6.0%12.1%9.5%
Irish3.9%8.0%9.4%
German3.3%6.4%12.5%
Scotch-Irish0.7%1.2%—
French0.7%1.1%1.6%
Scottish0.7%2.0%1.3%
Italian0.6%1.7%4.8%
African American†41.6%24.6%9.9%
Chinese1.2%0.2%1.3%
Asian Indian1.0%0.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%—0.6%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Mexican1.6%3.2%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Honduran0.2%—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
Troy
Alabama
United States
Median age
25.3
39.4
39.1
Age 18–24
34.3%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.5%
17.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Troy
Alabama
United States
Median household income
$50,717
$63,999
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.0%
15.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.7%
28.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Troy
Alabama
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.0%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
3.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.5%
0.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Troy
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.
Troy, Alabama
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−20.5%
2008
−8.9%
2012
−15.0%
2016
−10.8%
2020
−4.0%
2024
−11.1%
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
44.0%Harris2,690
55.0%Trump3,368
1.0%
R+11.1
R+7.1
R+9.6
6,120
R
47.3%Biden3,083
51.3%Trump3,341
1.5%
R+4.0
D+6.8
R+8.4
6,519
R
42.4%Clinton2,700
53.2%Trump3,384
4.4%
R+10.8
D+4.2
R+12.8
6,362
R
42.1%Obama2,529
57.1%Romney3,428
0.8%
R+15.0
R+6.1
R+18.8
6,003
R
45.0%Obama3,173
54.0%McCain3,801
1.0%
R+8.9
D+11.6
R+16.2
7,044
R
39.6%Kerry2,329
60.1%Bush3,536
0.3%
R+20.5
—
R+18.1
5,882
Troy's electorate blends a sizable college-town population with the rural Black Belt county that surrounds it, producing margins that diverge sharply from Alabama's statewide pattern in down-ballot races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 20.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.1 points.
A population of 17,716, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,717 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Carrollton and Monroe.
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, Troy, Alabama voted Republican by 11.1 points (R+11.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,120 votes cast, 2,690 went Democratic and 3,368 went Republican.
How many people live in Troy, Alabama?
Troy, Alabama has a population of 17,716 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Troy, Alabama?
Median household income in Troy, Alabama is $50,717 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Troy, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Troy, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
