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1876–2024
Lock Haven, PA·Pennsylvania

Lock Haven, PA has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+40.8 in 2024.

A small Clinton County river city where manufacturing heritage shapes the electorate

2008 — 2024·5 elections
PA
2024 presidential election
Lock Haven, PA
TrumpR+40.8
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2024 presidential margin by county for Lock Haven, PA, PAA map of the single county of Lock Haven, 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.Clinton County, PA · R+40.8
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican69.8%12,965
Kamala HarrisDemocratic29.1%5,395
OtherAll other candidates1.1%207
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: −40.8% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−40.8%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+8.6%
1896−6.4%
1900−4.5%
1904−27.7%
1908−14.6%
1912+16.3%
1916+2.8%
1920−16.8%
1924−34.0%
1928−47.8%
1932−12.5%
1936+12.5%
1940+8.2%
1944−1.8%
1948−5.7%
1952−17.0%
1956−20.8%
1960−21.2%
1964+39.9%
1968−1.9%
1972−26.2%
1976+5.4%
1980−12.0%
1984−19.1%
1988+0.2%
1992+7.4%
1996+11.9%
2000−4.5%
2004−15.8%
2008−2.8%
2012−11.8%
2016−34.0%
2020−36.3%
2024−40.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
29.1%Harris5,395
69.8%Trump12,965
1.1%
−40.8%
18,567
R
31.2%Biden5,502
67.5%Trump11,902
1.3%incl. Jorgensen
−36.3%
17,625
R
30.6%Clinton4,744
64.6%Trump10,022
4.8%incl. Johnson
−34.0%
15,505
R
43.1%Obama5,734
54.9%Romney7,303
2.1%
−11.8%
13,311
R
48.0%Obama7,097
50.7%McCain7,504
1.3%
−2.8%
14,791
R
41.7%Kerry5,823
57.5%Bush8,035
0.8%
−15.8%
13,967
R
46.0%Gore5,521
50.6%Bush6,064
3.4%incl. Nader
−4.5%
11,994
D
49.3%Clinton5,658
37.4%Dole4,293
13.3%incl. Perot
+11.9%
11,483
D
42.9%Clinton5,397
35.6%Bush4,471
21.5%incl. Perot
+7.4%
12,569
D
49.6%Dukakis5,759
49.4%Bush5,735
1.0%
+0.2%
11,613
R
40.1%Mondale4,525
59.2%Reagan6,678
0.6%
−19.1%
11,273
R
40.3%Carter4,842
52.4%Reagan6,288
7.3%incl. Anderson
−12.0%
12,010
D
52.0%Carter6,532
46.6%Ford5,858
1.4%
+5.4%
12,564
R
36.4%McGovern4,772
62.5%Nixon8,205
1.1%
−26.2%
13,119
R
46.6%Humphrey6,301
48.6%Nixon6,563
4.8%incl. Wallace
−1.9%
13,508
D
69.8%Johnson10,038
29.9%Goldwater4,298
0.3%
+39.9%
14,372
R
39.3%Kennedy5,965
60.6%Nixon9,184
0.1%
−21.2%
15,161
R
39.6%Stevenson5,411
60.3%Eisenhower8,250
0.1%
−20.8%
13,678
R
41.3%Stevenson5,758
58.3%Eisenhower8,125
0.4%
−17.0%
13,938
R
47.2%Truman5,013
52.8%Dewey5,618
0.0%
−5.7%
10,631
R
48.8%Roosevelt5,703
50.7%Dewey5,915
0.5%
−1.8%
11,675
D
54.0%Roosevelt7,419
45.8%Willkie6,291
0.2%
+8.2%
13,736
D
55.8%Roosevelt8,351
43.3%Landon6,479
0.9%
+12.5%
14,969
R
42.1%Roosevelt3,741
54.5%Hoover4,851
3.4%
−12.5%
8,894
R
25.8%Smith2,849
73.6%Hoover8,120
0.5%
−47.8%
11,029
R
20.6%Davis1,939
54.6%Coolidge5,129
24.7%incl. La Follette
−34.0%
9,391
R
37.7%Cox2,976
54.6%Harding4,303
7.7%
−16.8%
7,884
D
47.9%Wilson2,967
45.1%Hughes2,794
6.9%
+2.8%
6,190
O
36.5%Wilson2,200
20.1%Taft1,214
43.4%incl. Roosevelt
+16.3%
6,035
R
40.0%Bryan2,547
54.5%Taft3,477
5.5%
−14.6%
6,375
R
33.7%Parker1,941
61.4%Roosevelt3,535
4.9%
−27.7%
5,761
R
46.1%Bryan2,879
50.6%McKinley3,157
3.3%
−4.5%
6,241
R
44.9%Bryan3,053
51.2%McKinley3,486
3.9%
−6.4%
6,804
D
52.5%Cleveland3,075
43.9%Harrison2,572
3.6%incl. Weaver
+8.6%
5,858
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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.
IndicatorLock Haven, PAMetro areaPennsylvaniaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White94.0%74.5%61.0%
Black1.0%10.7%12.2%
Asian0.6%3.8%6.0%
Two or more races3.5%7.1%12.6%
Other race0.8%3.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino1.9%8.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$60,816$77,971$84,427
Poverty rate14.8%11.7%12.5%
Median age39.841.239.1
Age 18–2413.5%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older20.0%19.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)21.5%35.2%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home7.2%12.4%22.3%
German or other West Germanic5.1%0.9%0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 29.7%German 21.6%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 12.0%Irish 14.8%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryAmerican 8.1%Italian 10.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic7.8%21.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant13.0%9.3%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed66.3%53.1%51.5%
Mainline Protestant11.5%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
29.7%
Irish
12.0%
American
8.1%
Italian
8.0%
English
6.9%
Dutch
2.7%
French
2.0%
Polish
1.9%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
0.9%
Mexican
0.5%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
Jamaican
0.1%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
0.1%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
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: 39.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
1.8%
2.6%
75–84
3.1%
5.4%
65–74
6.1%
6.6%
55–64
6.5%
5.7%
45–54
5.5%
5.6%
35–44
5.2%
6.2%
25–34
5.1%
6.4%
18–24
7.1%
7.6%
5–17
7.0%
2.9%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$60,816
Lock Haven, PA$60,816
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
14.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.7%
Working age (18–64)13.6%
Seniors (65+)15.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.8%
speak English only
German or other West Germanic5.1%
Spanish0.9%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.2%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
Korean0.1%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
13.0%
Mainline Protestant
11.5%
Catholic
7.8%
Latter-day Saints
0.9%
Other Christian
0.5%
Unaffiliated or not counted66.3%
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.

Lock Haven anchors a shrinking metro along the West Branch Susquehanna, where deindustrialization and a modest university presence create an electorate that has shifted markedly toward Republican margins over the past two decades.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 47.8 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.8 points.

A population of 37,798, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,816 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 40.8 points (R+40.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,567 votes cast, 5,395 went Democratic and 12,965 went Republican.
When did Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania?
Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 37,798 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania is $60,816 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.