Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota: Diversifying Metro metro. In 2024, voted R+3%. Republican peak: R+51 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 67,9172024 5-year
- Median household income
- $83,1812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Faribault-Northfield, MN
TrumpR+3
Constituent county margins for Faribault-Northfield, MN, MNOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 50.2% | 18,264 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 47.7% | 17,353 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.2% | 795 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +9.7% |
| 1896 | −25.9% |
| 1900 | −25.5% |
| 1904 | −47.4% |
| 1908 | −26.3% |
| 1912 | +12.9% |
| 1916 | −7.0% |
| 1920 | −51.2% |
| 1924 | −48.8% |
| 1928 | −13.4% |
| 1932 | +13.8% |
| 1936 | +8.4% |
| 1940 | −26.8% |
| 1944 | −20.8% |
| 1948 | −3.8% |
| 1952 | −36.5% |
| 1956 | −30.7% |
| 1960 | −10.0% |
| 1964 | +25.5% |
| 1968 | +4.9% |
| 1972 | −6.5% |
| 1976 | +11.6% |
| 1980 | +6.6% |
| 1984 | +2.0% |
| 1988 | +9.9% |
| 1992 | +16.1% |
| 1996 | +24.9% |
| 2000 | +8.7% |
| 2004 | +8.3% |
| 2008 | +11.5% |
| 2012 | +8.3% |
| 2016 | −3.1% |
| 2020 | −0.2% |
| 2024 | −2.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 17,353 | 18,264 | 36,412 | ||
| R | 17,402 | 17,464 | 35,686 | ||
| R | 14,437 | 15,429 | 32,443 | ||
| D | 17,054 | 14,384 | 32,267 | ||
| D | 17,381 | 13,723 | 31,799 | ||
| D | 16,425 | 13,881 | 30,745 | ||
| D | 13,140 | 10,876 | 26,021 | ||
| D | 12,821 | 7,016 | 23,320 | ||
| D | 10,908 | 7,015 | 24,113 | ||
| D | 11,570 | 9,460 | 21,267 | ||
| D | 10,880 | 10,456 | 21,525 | ||
| D | 9,531 | 8,168 | 20,673 | ||
| D | 10,590 | 8,311 | 19,607 | ||
| R | 8,065 | 9,195 | 17,475 | ||
| D | 7,785 | 7,037 | 15,319 | ||
| D | 9,299 | 5,518 | 14,843 | ||
| R | 6,752 | 8,248 | 15,031 | ||
| R | 4,489 | 8,471 | 12,984 | ||
| R | 4,330 | 9,334 | 13,693 | ||
| R | 5,832 | 6,301 | 12,321 | ||
| R | 4,470 | 6,824 | 11,322 | ||
| R | 4,687 | 8,143 | 12,875 | ||
| D | 5,928 | 4,888 | 12,327 | ||
| D | 6,289 | 4,743 | 11,215 | ||
| R | 5,014 | 6,576 | 11,639 | ||
| R | 1,199 | 5,883 | 9,603 | ||
| R | 2,040 | 6,500 | 8,715 | ||
| R | 2,083 | 2,408 | 4,661 | ||
| O | 1,613 | 1,020 | 4,597 | ||
| R | 1,614 | 2,821 | 4,590 | ||
| R | 1,063 | 3,160 | 4,428 | ||
| R | 1,688 | 2,924 | 4,844 | ||
| R | 2,002 | 3,483 | 5,711 | ||
| D | 2,245 | 1,794 | 4,649 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
29.5%
Irish
9.5%
English
6.8%
American
2.8%
French
2.6%
Polish
2.3%
Italian
1.8%
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: 37.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$83,181
Faribault-Northfield, MN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Faribault-Northfield, MN$83,181
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.2%
Working age (18–64)9.2%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.3%
speak English only
Spanish7.5%
Other languages3.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Northfield's two private colleges—Carleton and St. Olaf—inject a younger, more educated demographic into a metro that nonetheless returned a double-digit Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the dominant rural and small-city vote share surrounding it.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-five points in 1964 and a Republican high of fifty-one points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was three points.
A population of 67,917, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,181 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 2.5 points (R+3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,412 votes cast, 17,353 went Democratic and 18,264 went Republican.
What is Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota 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 15 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.
When did Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota has a population of 67,917 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota is $83,181 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.