Alamance County's mill-town roots meet a shifting suburban electorate
Burlington anchors Alamance County, a historically textile-dependent corridor where competitive margins have tightened as in-migration from the Piedmont Triad reshapes the voter rolls.
| Group | Burlington, NC | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 65.5% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(10) | 18.8% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(17) | 11.5% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.4% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 1.4% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(3) | 0.4% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(9) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -37.1pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.6% | 48.0% | — | — | |
| 10.2% | 23.8% | — | — | |
| 6.6% | 15.4% | — | — | |
| 3.2% | 7.5% | — | — | |
| 2.2% | 5.2% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.8% | 1.9% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 57.1% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Burlington, NC metro area? 608,834 residents across 4 counties.
23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 10pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+9 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Governor | R+8.1 | D+11.5 | 19.6pp |