Pike Road is a town in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States. The population was 9,439 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 11,500 in 2024. It is part of the Montgomery metropolitan area.

History

Pike Road was founded in 1815. Pike Road was incorporated in 1997.

Geography

Pike Road is located in east-central Montgomery County at 32.273609, -86.118927. It is bordered to the north by the city of Montgomery, the state capital. U.S. Routes 82 and 231 pass through the town together as Troy Highway, which leads northwest to the center of Montgomery. The two highways diverge southeast of Pike Road, with US 82 leading east-southeast to Union Springs and US 231 leading south to

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. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.87%) is water.

Government

Pike Road elects a

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and a five-member

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every four years. The mayor and all council members are elected at-large. Pike Road's current mayor is Gordon Stone. The current town council members are: Chris Dunn, Angie Bradsher, Chris Myers, Doug Fuhrman and Rob Steindorff. The Pike Road Town Council meets at 6:00 p.m. on the second Monday of each month as well as the fourth Wednesday of every month at 7:00 a.m. Meetings are held in the council chamber at Pike Road Town Hall (9575 Vaughn Road). The Town of Pike Road, Alabama employs ten full-time staff members, several part-time staff members and utilizes contractors to fulfill other staff and project needs. Sales tax is 8.75 percent, of which 4.00 percent goes to the State of Alabama, 2.50 percent goes to the County of Montgomery, and 2.25 percent goes to the Town of Pike Road. Income tax goes to the

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. The

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operates the Pike Road Post Office in the town limits.

Demographics

As of the 2023

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, there are 3,491 estimated households in Pike Road with an average of 2.89 persons per household. The town has a median household income of $121,687. Approximately 4.8% of the town's population lives at or below the

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. Pike Road has an estimated 70.6% employment rate, with 59.0% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 97.1% holding a high school diploma. The top five reported ancestries (people were allowed to report up to two ancestries, thus the figures will generally add to more than 100%) were English (91.6%), Spanish (1.3%), Indo-European (1.1%), Asian and Pacific Islander (6.0%), and Other (0.0%). The median age in the town was 36.1 years.

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, there were 9,439 people, 3,271 households, and 2,719 families residing in the town. The

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was . There were 3,415 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 57.56%

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, 31.68%

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, 0.23% Native American, 5.84% Asian, 0.04%

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, 0.84% from some other races and 3.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.46% of the population.

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, there were 5,406 people, 1,933 households, and 1,606 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 2,064 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 68.48%

, 28.69%

, 0.13% Native American, 1.41% Asian, 0.04%

, 0.50% from some other races and 0.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1.28% of the population. The town's population grew almost 20-fold since the 2000 census, making it one of the fastest growing incorporated places in Alabama with a population of over 5,000 in 2010.

2000 census

As of the 2000 census, there were 310 people, 110 households, and 95 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 114 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 59.03%

, 40.32%

, 0.00% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.00%

, 0.00% from some other races and 0.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 0.00% of the population. There are 110 households out of which 37.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.2% are

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living together, 12.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 13.6% are non-families. 12.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 2.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.82 and the average family size is 3.07. In the town the population is spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 33.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 101.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $86,492, and the median income for a family is $105,116. Males have a median income of $88,307 versus $17,321 for females. The

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for the town is $36,912. 19.8% of the population and 13.7% of families are below the

. Out of the total people living in poverty, 38.6% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older. The population has since grown as communities that were unincorporated joined Pike Road.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

In 1918, the residents of Pike Road acquired funds to establish the Pike Road Consolidated School, which opened in 1919. The school closed in 1970. On Wednesday, December 22, 2010, Pike Road established a municipal school system, Pike Road Schools. On Thursday, August 13, 2015, the Pike Road Board of Education opened the doors to its first school as part of its own independent school district. This first school, Pike Road School, served kindergarten to 8th-grade students. Overcrowding in the schools was an issue from the onset, as the population growth of the Town outpaced the school board's ability to acquire new school buildings or build their own schools. The district's second school, The Pike Road Historic School was renovated and opened in 2017. Pike Road's third school, Pike Road High School, was established at the Georgia Washington Middle School Campus (acquired from Montgomery Public Schools) in 2018. The high school has a full varsity athletics program which is a member of the Alabama High School Athletics Association.

Public libraries

The Pike Road Public Library of the Montgomery City-County Public Library is located in Pike Road. It is located in the Pike Road Station shopping center near the intersection of Pike and Vaughn Roads.

Notable people

* Mose Tolliver,

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ist, born here and died in Montgomery * Quinshon Judkins, running back for the

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References

External links

Town of Pike Road – official website

Pike Road Schools District
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