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1876–2024
Altoona, PA·Pennsylvania

Altoona, PA has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+43 in 2024.

A mid-size Rust Belt metro where manufacturing's decline reshaped the ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
PA
LatestR+43in 2024
TypologyStable Rural Rightcluster typology
Population121,2772024 ACS

Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+43%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1972.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+43MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
Population
121,2772024 5-year
Median household income
$62,3822024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
92.1%2024 5-year
Black
2.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
1.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+6 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+52 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Altoona, PA
TrumpR+43
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican71.2%46,352
Kamala HarrisDemocratic27.8%18,127
OtherAll other candidates1.0%661
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −43.3% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−43.3%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−16.4%
1896−35.0%
1900−35.2%
1904−51.8%
1908−33.4%
1912+5.6%
1916−16.1%
1920−35.5%
1924−52.2%
1928−47.6%
1932−17.0%
1936+4.4%
1940−10.5%
1944−16.1%
1948−22.6%
1952−31.1%
1956−31.5%
1960−28.9%
1964+3.7%
1968−26.9%
1972−52.4%
1976−20.9%
1980−30.0%
1984−31.5%
1988−24.1%
1992−14.7%
1996−15.3%
2000−27.9%
2004−32.6%
2008−24.3%
2012−33.8%
2016−45.5%
2020−43.5%
2024−43.3%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−43.3%
18,12746,35265,140
R
−43.5%
17,63645,30663,595
R
−45.5%
13,95839,13555,341
R
−33.8%
16,27633,31950,365
R
−24.3%
19,81332,70853,102
R
−32.6%
18,10535,75154,178
R
−27.9%
15,77428,37645,140
R
−15.3%
15,03621,28240,691
R
−14.7%
14,85721,44744,758
R
−24.1%
15,58825,62341,662
R
−31.5%
15,65130,10445,945
R
−30.0%
15,01428,93146,359
R
−20.9%
18,39728,29047,366
R
−52.4%
10,02333,12644,110
R
−26.9%
15,80328,78048,296
D
+3.7%
26,15724,30150,531
R
−28.9%
19,44535,29754,809
R
−31.5%
17,50333,62351,191
R
−31.1%
16,85132,11349,070
R
−22.6%
14,05022,38236,886
R
−16.1%
18,00324,92543,106
R
−10.5%
21,57326,63948,337
D
+4.4%
27,03824,71152,597
R
−17.0%
13,70919,55334,335
R
−47.6%
12,10434,35646,726
R
−52.2%
4,24420,31330,808
R
−35.5%
5,66815,03526,392
R
−16.1%
7,0029,89317,935
O
+5.6%
4,1083,13817,276
R
−33.4%
4,98110,58316,796
R
−51.8%
3,67512,48216,992
R
−35.2%
4,5289,74914,814
R
−35.0%
4,84010,38215,851
R
−16.4%
5,2657,40713,052
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
34.8%
Irish
17.0%
Italian
9.6%
English
9.1%
American
6.0%
Polish
4.1%
Scottish
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.8%
2.6%
75–84
3.6%
6.0%
65–74
6.6%
7.0%
55–64
7.1%
6.1%
45–54
5.9%
6.0%
35–44
6.0%
6.2%
25–34
5.8%
4.3%
18–24
4.0%
7.8%
5–17
7.4%
2.5%
<5
2.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,382
Altoona, PA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Altoona, PA$62,382
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.6%
Working age (18–64)11.6%
Seniors (65+)11.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.9%
Spanish0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
12.5%
Other Christian
10.3%
Mainline Protestant
9.2%
Methodist
6.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.4%
Baptist
1.1%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Altoona anchors Blair County, one of Pennsylvania's most reliably Republican mid-size metros, where deindustrialization accelerated a political realignment that has only deepened since 2000.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of six points in 1912 and a Republican high of fifty-two points in 1972. The 2024 margin was forty-three points.

A population of 121,277, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,382 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 43.3 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 65,140 votes cast, 18,127 went Democratic and 46,352 went Republican.
What is Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania in the "Stable Rural Right" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 2 times, Republican 31 times, and other 1 times.
When did Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania?
Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 121,277 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania is $62,382 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.