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Johnstown, PA·Pennsylvania

Johnstown, PA delivered R+39.6 in 2024.

A post-steel metro where working-class realignment reshaped the map

2008 — 2024·5 elections
PA
2024 presidential election
Johnstown, PA
TrumpR+39.6
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2024 presidential margin by county for Johnstown, PA, PAA map of the single county of Johnstown, PA, PA, outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Cambria County, PA · R+39.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican69.3%49,408
Kamala HarrisDemocratic29.7%21,177
OtherAll other candidates1.1%760
D+60
R+60
A single county, filled by its 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover it for the full result.
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: −39.6% in 2024.flipped R · 2012−39.6%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+1.9%
1896−12.6%
1900−18.3%
1904−27.7%
1908−20.4%
1912+18.6%
1916−5.9%
1920−41.2%
1924−23.4%
1928−4.3%
1932+13.4%
1936+30.9%
1940+17.1%
1944+16.8%
1948+19.6%
1952+12.7%
1956−5.2%
1960+17.1%
1964+35.4%
1968+10.0%
1972−21.8%
1976+8.8%
1980+4.2%
1984+10.6%
1988+20.0%
1992+20.4%
1996+17.0%
2000+3.8%
2004−2.2%
2008+0.7%
2012−18.0%
2016−36.8%
2020−37.3%
2024−39.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
29.7%Harris21,177
69.3%Trump49,408
1.1%
−39.6%
71,345
R
30.8%Biden21,730
68.1%Trump48,085
1.1%incl. Jorgensen
−37.3%
70,574
R
29.7%Clinton18,867
66.5%Trump42,258
3.9%incl. Johnson
−36.8%
63,589
R
40.1%Obama24,249
58.1%Romney35,163
1.8%
−18.0%
60,526
D
49.4%Obama32,451
48.7%McCain31,995
1.9%
+0.7%
65,670
R
48.7%Kerry32,591
50.8%Bush34,048
0.5%
−2.2%
66,983
D
50.3%Gore30,308
46.4%Bush28,001
3.3%incl. Nader
+3.8%
60,286
D
51.3%Clinton30,391
34.3%Dole20,341
14.4%incl. Perot
+17.0%
59,275
D
51.7%Clinton34,334
31.3%Bush20,770
16.9%incl. Perot
+20.4%
66,349
D
59.7%Dukakis38,517
39.7%Bush25,626
0.6%
+20.0%
64,552
D
55.1%Mondale39,865
44.5%Reagan32,173
0.4%
+10.6%
72,296
D
50.1%Carter36,121
45.8%Reagan33,072
4.1%incl. Anderson
+4.2%
72,131
D
53.8%Carter38,797
45.0%Ford32,469
1.2%
+8.8%
72,128
R
38.3%McGovern27,950
60.1%Nixon43,825
1.6%
−21.8%
72,975
D
52.1%Humphrey41,225
42.0%Nixon33,280
5.9%incl. Wallace
+10.0%
79,150
D
67.6%Johnson55,183
32.2%Goldwater26,281
0.2%
+35.4%
81,598
D
58.5%Kennedy52,409
41.4%Nixon37,062
0.2%
+17.1%
89,622
R
47.3%Stevenson41,753
52.5%Eisenhower46,373
0.1%
−5.2%
88,249
D
56.3%Stevenson50,774
43.5%Eisenhower39,294
0.2%
+12.7%
90,250
D
59.0%Truman41,533
39.4%Dewey27,725
1.7%incl. Thurmond
+19.6%
70,422
D
58.2%Roosevelt39,676
41.4%Dewey28,203
0.4%
+16.8%
68,143
D
58.4%Roosevelt42,894
41.3%Willkie30,306
0.3%
+17.1%
73,401
D
64.6%Roosevelt46,687
33.7%Landon24,378
1.7%
+30.9%
72,304
D
55.1%Roosevelt28,197
41.7%Hoover21,351
3.1%
+13.4%
51,145
R
47.5%Smith27,024
51.8%Hoover29,494
0.7%
−4.3%
56,945
R
28.4%Davis13,563
51.8%Coolidge24,728
19.8%incl. La Follette
−23.4%
47,764
R
22.7%Cox6,961
63.9%Harding19,629
13.4%
−41.2%
30,712
R
43.8%Wilson9,416
49.8%Hughes10,688
6.4%
−5.9%
21,482
O
33.5%Wilson7,282
15.0%Taft3,252
51.5%incl. Roosevelt
+18.6%
21,725
R
37.5%Bryan7,979
57.9%Taft12,325
4.7%
−20.4%
21,296
R
34.1%Parker7,232
61.8%Roosevelt13,109
4.1%
−27.7%
21,220
R
39.7%Bryan7,168
58.0%McKinley10,476
2.3%
−18.3%
18,064
R
42.7%Bryan6,843
55.3%McKinley8,865
2.0%
−12.6%
16,022
D
49.3%Cleveland6,259
47.4%Harrison6,020
3.3%incl. Weaver
+1.9%
12,696
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Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorJohnstown, PAMetro areaPennsylvaniaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White91.0%74.5%61.0%
Black3.1%10.7%12.2%
Asian0.6%3.8%6.0%
Two or more races4.8%7.1%12.6%
Other race0.6%3.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino2.1%8.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$58,418$77,971$84,427
Poverty rate14.2%11.7%12.5%
Median age45.641.239.1
Age 18–248.8%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older24.0%19.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)23.9%35.2%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home2.6%12.4%22.3%
Spanish1.2%5.6%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 31.7%German 21.6%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 16.0%Irish 14.8%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryItalian 11.7%Italian 10.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic34.7%21.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant10.1%9.3%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed36.1%53.1%51.5%
Mainline Protestant16.0%10.3%5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
German
31.7%
Irish
16.0%
Italian
11.7%
Polish
9.5%
English
8.7%
American
4.8%
Slovak
4.8%
Hungarian
1.7%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries, none of which clears the display floor here.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
0.9%
Mexican
0.6%
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 45.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
2.0%
3.1%
75–84
3.8%
6.9%
65–74
7.3%
7.3%
55–64
7.2%
6.3%
45–54
6.0%
5.7%
35–44
5.2%
5.4%
25–34
5.0%
4.5%
18–24
4.3%
7.5%
5–17
7.0%
2.4%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,418
Johnstown, PA$58,418
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
14.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.6%
Working age (18–64)13.1%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Other Indo-European0.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%
Arabic0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
34.7%
Mainline Protestant
16.0%
Evangelical Protestant
10.1%
Black Protestant
1.3%
Orthodox Christian
1.0%
Other Christian
0.4%
Latter-day Saints
0.4%
Unaffiliated or not counted36.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Once a Democratic stronghold anchored by union households, the Johnstown metro has swung sharply toward Republicans over the past two decades as manufacturing employment collapsed and the electorate's cultural priorities shifted.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.6 points.

A population of 131,538, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,418 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 39.6 points (R+39.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 71,345 votes cast, 21,177 went Democratic and 49,408 went Republican.
When did Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania?
Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 131,538 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania is $58,418 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.