Grants Pass, OR, Oregon: Industrial Catholic Metro metro. In 2024, voted R+29%. Republican peak: R+45 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Industrial Catholic MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 88,1792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,0982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1928MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Grants Pass, OR
TrumpR+29
Constituent county margins for Grants Pass, OR, OROne 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 | 62.7% | 31,128 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 34.1% | 16,928 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 3.2% | 1,572 |
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 | −16.2% |
| 1896 | +16.7% |
| 1900 | −10.0% |
| 1904 | −39.1% |
| 1908 | −11.5% |
| 1912 | +17.8% |
| 1916 | −0.1% |
| 1920 | −30.5% |
| 1924 | −34.0% |
| 1928 | −45.3% |
| 1932 | +25.1% |
| 1936 | +14.2% |
| 1940 | −15.5% |
| 1944 | −10.8% |
| 1948 | −20.0% |
| 1952 | −41.6% |
| 1956 | −24.2% |
| 1960 | −15.3% |
| 1964 | −0.4% |
| 1968 | −28.0% |
| 1972 | −28.5% |
| 1976 | −7.9% |
| 1980 | −36.9% |
| 1984 | −39.0% |
| 1988 | −19.2% |
| 1992 | −5.9% |
| 1996 | −15.4% |
| 2000 | −28.1% |
| 2004 | −26.1% |
| 2008 | −13.2% |
| 2012 | −21.7% |
| 2016 | −30.2% |
| 2020 | −25.8% |
| 2024 | −28.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 16,928 | 31,128 | 49,628 | ||
| R | 18,451 | 31,751 | 51,641 | ||
| R | 13,453 | 26,923 | 44,560 | ||
| R | 14,953 | 23,673 | 40,238 | ||
| R | 17,412 | 22,973 | 42,049 | ||
| R | 15,214 | 26,241 | 42,275 | ||
| R | 11,864 | 22,186 | 36,733 | ||
| R | 11,113 | 16,048 | 32,111 | ||
| R | 11,007 | 13,003 | 33,559 | ||
| R | 10,646 | 15,876 | 27,272 | ||
| R | 8,539 | 19,470 | 28,062 | ||
| R | 7,116 | 16,827 | 26,336 | ||
| R | 9,061 | 10,726 | 21,110 | ||
| R | 5,090 | 9,911 | 16,927 | ||
| R | 4,351 | 8,456 | 14,671 | ||
| R | 6,857 | 6,918 | 13,801 | ||
| R | 5,419 | 7,387 | 12,831 | ||
| R | 4,863 | 7,967 | 12,830 | ||
| R | 3,353 | 8,200 | 11,655 | ||
| R | 3,290 | 5,004 | 8,588 | ||
| R | 3,214 | 4,010 | 7,355 | ||
| R | 2,888 | 3,964 | 6,932 | ||
| D | 2,840 | 1,992 | 5,955 | ||
| D | 3,060 | 1,757 | 5,198 | ||
| R | 959 | 2,625 | 3,681 | ||
| R | 650 | 1,756 | 3,257 | ||
| R | 819 | 1,606 | 2,581 | ||
| R | 1,656 | 1,660 | 3,593 | ||
| O | 702 | 305 | 2,230 | ||
| R | 732 | 967 | 2,037 | ||
| R | 327 | 914 | 1,501 | ||
| R | 744 | 919 | 1,750 | ||
| D | 1,194 | 844 | 2,096 | ||
| O | 283 | 502 | 1,349 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.9%
English
15.7%
Irish
12.5%
American
4.7%
Italian
4.0%
Scottish
2.9%
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: 47.3 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
$60,098
Grants Pass, OR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Grants Pass, OR$60,098
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
15.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.9%
Working age (18–64)15.3%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.2%
speak English only
Spanish3.3%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Grants Pass anchors Josephine County, one of Oregon's most reliably right-leaning jurisdictions, where rural land use, public-lands policy, and law-enforcement funding have driven some of the state's sharpest local ballot battles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-five points in 1932 and a Republican high of forty-five points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.
A population of 88,179, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,098 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Grants Pass, OR, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grants Pass, OR, Oregon voted Republican by 28.6 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 49,628 votes cast, 16,928 went Democratic and 31,128 went Republican.
What is Grants Pass, OR, Oregon's political typology?
Akashic places Grants Pass, OR, Oregon in the "Industrial Catholic 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 3 times, Republican 29 times, and other 2 times.
When did Grants Pass, OR, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grants Pass, OR, Oregon voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Grants Pass, OR, Oregon?
Grants Pass, OR, Oregon has a population of 88,179 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grants Pass, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in Grants Pass, OR, Oregon is $60,098 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Grants Pass, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grants Pass, OR, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.