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1876–2024
Corvallis, OR·Oregon

Corvallis, OR has voted Democratic in ten straight presidential elections — D+39 in 2024.

Oregon State anchors a college-town metro with a reliably progressive lean

1876 — 2024·38 elections
OR
LatestD+39in 2024
TypologyDiversifying Metrocluster typology
Population96,3032024 ACS

Corvallis, OR, Oregon: Diversifying Metro metro. In 2024, voted D+39%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1928.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+39MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
Population
96,3032024 5-year
Median household income
$77,7022024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
79.2%2024 5-year
Black
1.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
9.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+40 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+52 in 1928MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Corvallis, OR
HarrisD+39
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic67.5%33,909
Donald TrumpRepublican28.2%14,187
OtherAll other candidates4.3%2,136
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: +39.3% in 2024.flipped D · 1988+39.3%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−16.9%
1896−3.9%
1900−9.4%
1904−37.5%
1908−19.4%
1912+10.4%
1916−7.2%
1920−35.9%
1924−32.6%
1928−52.4%
1932−12.7%
1936+2.1%
1940−26.6%
1944−29.6%
1948−35.9%
1952−51.1%
1956−36.3%
1960−28.7%
1964+10.4%
1968−26.9%
1972−15.4%
1976−12.5%
1980−5.3%
1984−5.2%
1988+9.3%
1992+16.9%
1996+13.8%
2000+9.5%
2004+17.6%
2008+31.5%
2012+28.5%
2016+32.3%
2020+39.7%
2024+39.3%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+39.3%
33,90914,18750,232
D
+39.7%
35,82714,87852,799
D
+32.3%
29,19313,44548,753
D
+28.5%
27,77614,99144,802
D
+31.5%
29,90115,26446,478
D
+17.6%
26,51518,46045,735
D
+9.5%
19,44415,82538,226
D
+13.8%
17,21112,45034,500
D
+16.9%
17,96611,55037,923
D
+9.3%
16,93014,00431,610
R
−5.2%
16,07317,83634,062
R
−5.3%
13,15014,98234,507
R
−12.5%
11,88715,55529,307
R
−15.4%
10,84214,90626,456
R
−26.9%
6,53811,65419,016
D
+10.4%
8,9717,25016,486
R
−28.7%
5,3919,73415,125
R
−36.3%
4,2149,01613,230
R
−51.1%
2,9669,22912,262
R
−35.9%
3,1356,83910,329
R
−29.6%
2,8305,2428,141
R
−26.6%
2,9425,0898,079
D
+2.1%
3,5473,3907,423
R
−12.7%
3,1214,0687,433
R
−52.4%
1,4124,6056,095
R
−32.6%
1,5793,4175,631
R
−35.9%
1,7193,7525,663
R
−7.2%
2,4882,9025,722
D
+10.4%
9867152,607
R
−19.4%
7731,1832,113
R
−37.5%
4421,1071,771
R
−9.4%
7649311,786
R
−3.9%
9921,0742,112
R
−16.9%
6891,0972,417
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.4%
English
15.7%
Irish
12.3%
Italian
3.5%
Scottish
3.4%
American
3.0%
French
2.7%
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: 34.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.5%
2.4%
75–84
2.4%
5.4%
65–74
5.6%
5.1%
55–64
5.6%
5.0%
45–54
5.0%
5.5%
35–44
5.4%
6.8%
25–34
6.2%
11.4%
18–24
10.3%
6.3%
5–17
5.9%
1.9%
<5
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$77,702
Corvallis, OR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Corvallis, OR$77,702
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.0%
Working age (18–64)20.4%
Seniors (65+)7.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.0%
speak English only
Spanish5.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.3%
Other Indo-European2.7%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
13.8%
Other Christian
7.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Non-Christian
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Methodist
0.8%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Corvallis consistently posts some of Oregon's widest Democratic margins, driven by a population where university employees and students make up an outsized share of the electorate relative to the metro's modest size.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of forty points in 2020 and a Republican high of fifty-two points in 1928. The 2024 margin was thirty-nine points.

A population of 96,303, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,702 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Corvallis, OR, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Corvallis, OR, Oregon voted Democratic by 39.3 points (D+39), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 50,232 votes cast, 33,909 went Democratic and 14,187 went Republican.
What is Corvallis, OR, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Corvallis, OR, Oregon in the "Diversifying Metro" 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 13 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Corvallis, OR, Oregon last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Corvallis, OR, Oregon voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Corvallis, OR, Oregon?
Corvallis, OR, Oregon has a population of 96,303 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Corvallis, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in Corvallis, OR, Oregon is $77,702 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Corvallis, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Corvallis, OR, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.