Norwalk, OH Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Norwalk, OH

TrumpR+43.8

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	71.3%	19,484
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	27.4%	7,496
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	364

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 time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	−8.1%
1896	−8.9%
1900	−12.0%
1904	−35.2%
1908	−7.1%
1912	+19.4%
1916	+1.1%
1920	−35.6%
1924	−40.7%
1928	−34.8%
1932	+0.5%
1936	+1.0%
1940	−27.1%
1944	−32.1%
1948	−19.4%
1952	−43.5%
1956	−46.9%
1960	−23.9%
1964	+17.0%
1968	−16.6%
1972	−31.4%
1976	−9.1%
1980	−24.2%
1984	−36.7%
1988	−23.4%
1992	−6.3%
1996	+0.5%
2000	−19.2%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−3.2%
2012	−8.3%
2016	−35.6%
2020	−41.2%
2024	−43.8%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	27.4%Harris7,496	71.3%Trump19,484	1.3%	−43.8%	27,344
2020	R	28.5%Biden7,759	69.7%Trump18,956	1.7%incl. Jorgensen	−41.2%	27,190
2016	R	28.4%Clinton7,192	64.0%Trump16,226	7.6%incl. Johnson	−35.6%	25,343
2012	R	44.2%Obama11,006	52.5%Romney13,060	3.3%	−8.3%	24,895
2008	R	47.2%Obama12,076	50.4%McCain12,884	2.4%	−3.2%	25,582
2004	R	41.3%Kerry10,568	58.0%Bush14,817	0.7%	−16.6%	25,558
2000	R	38.3%Gore8,183	57.5%Bush12,286	4.2%incl. Nader	−19.2%	21,360
1996	D	41.9%Clinton8,858	41.3%Dole8,750	16.8%incl. Perot	+0.5%	21,161
1992	R	32.4%Clinton7,930	38.7%Bush9,480	28.9%incl. Perot	−6.3%	24,471
1988	R	37.8%Dukakis7,794	61.2%Bush12,633	1.0%	−23.4%	20,642
1984	R	31.2%Mondale6,609	68.0%Reagan14,388	0.8%	−36.7%	21,171
1980	R	34.1%Carter6,537	58.3%Reagan11,173	7.6%incl. Anderson	−24.2%	19,159
1976	R	42.9%Carter7,742	52.0%Ford9,386	5.2%	−9.1%	18,066
1972	R	31.7%McGovern5,491	63.1%Nixon10,942	5.2%	−31.4%	17,340
1968	R	36.8%Humphrey6,515	53.4%Nixon9,456	9.8%incl. Wallace	−16.6%	17,714
1964	D	58.5%Johnson10,780	41.5%Goldwater7,655	0.0%	+17.0%	18,435
1960	R	38.1%Kennedy7,534	61.9%Nixon12,261	0.0%	−23.9%	19,795
1956	R	26.6%Stevenson4,418	73.4%Eisenhower12,208	0.0%	−46.9%	16,626
1952	R	28.3%Stevenson4,875	71.7%Eisenhower12,372	0.0%	−43.5%	17,247
1948	R	40.1%Truman6,073	59.5%Dewey9,004	0.4%incl. Thurmond	−19.4%	15,134
1944	R	33.9%Roosevelt5,879	66.1%Dewey11,442	0.0%	−32.1%	17,321
1940	R	36.4%Roosevelt6,741	63.6%Willkie11,758	0.0%	−27.1%	18,499
1936	D	47.2%Roosevelt8,500	46.2%Landon8,318	6.7%	+1.0%	18,022
1932	D	49.7%Roosevelt8,795	49.2%Hoover8,702	1.2%	+0.5%	17,701
1928	R	32.4%Smith5,157	67.2%Hoover10,702	0.4%	−34.8%	15,930
1924	R	21.4%Davis2,871	62.1%Coolidge8,340	16.5%incl. La Follette	−40.7%	13,425
1920	R	31.6%Cox4,398	67.2%Harding9,348	1.2%	−35.6%	13,915
1916	D	49.4%Wilson4,136	48.3%Hughes4,048	2.3%	+1.1%	8,380
1912	D	40.0%Wilson3,317	20.6%Taft1,707	39.3%incl. Roosevelt	+19.4%	8,283
1908	R	45.6%Bryan4,262	52.7%Taft4,930	1.7%	−7.1%	9,350
1904	R	30.9%Parker2,622	66.1%Roosevelt5,613	3.0%	−35.2%	8,490
1900	R	43.1%Bryan3,906	55.1%McKinley4,993	1.7%	−12.0%	9,055
1896	R	45.1%Bryan4,185	54.0%McKinley5,008	0.9%	−8.9%	9,277
1892	R	43.8%Cleveland3,592	51.9%Harrison4,257	4.3%incl. Weaver	−8.1%	8,198
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

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.
Indicator	Norwalk, OHMetro area	OhioState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	91.7%	76.8%	61.0%
Black	0.8%	12.2%	12.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.6%	6.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.5%	12.6%
Other race	1.4%	2.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	4.8%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$67,878	$71,389	$84,427
Poverty rate	13.2%	13.3%	12.5%
Median age	40.1	39.8	39.1
Age 18–24	8.1%	8.9%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	18.6%	18.3%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	16.7%	31.6%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	4.4%	8.0%	22.3%
Spanish	2.8%	2.7%	13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	German 27.4%	German 22.3%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	English 15.0%	Irish 12.3%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Irish 10.9%	English 11.0%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	19.3%	15.4%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	9.2%	19.5%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	62.0%	52.2%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	8.8%	7.0%	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

27.4%

English

15.0%

Irish

10.9%

American

5.4%

Italian

4.2%

Polish

2.3%

Scottish

1.7%

Dutch

1.4%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

5.0%

Puerto Rican

1.2%

Spaniard

0.3%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

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: 40.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.3%

75–84

3.0%

5.4%

65–74

6.0%

6.8%

55–64

6.9%

6.3%

45–54

5.9%

35–44

6.1%

6.3%

25–34

5.6%

4.2%

18–24

3.9%

9.1%

5–17

8.6%

2.8%

3.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,878

Norwalk, OH$67,878

Ohio$71,389

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1819.1%

Working age (18–64)11.5%

Seniors (65+)10.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

95.6%

speak English only

Spanish2.8%

German or other West Germanic0.9%

Other languages0.3%

Other Indo-European0.2%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

19.3%

Evangelical Protestant

9.2%

Mainline Protestant

8.8%

Other Christian

0.7%

Unaffiliated or not counted62.0%

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.

Huron County's economy still leans on light manufacturing and agriculture, and the Norwalk metro consistently posts some of the more lopsided countywide margins in northwest Ohio, reflecting a working-class electorate with deep roots in the region.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 46.9 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.8 points.

A population of 58,319, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,878 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Norwalk, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?

In 2024, Norwalk, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 43.8 points (R+43.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,344 votes cast, 7,496 went Democratic and 19,484 went Republican.

What is Norwalk, OH, Ohio's political typology?

Akashic places Norwalk, OH, Ohio in the "Heartland Swing" 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 6 times, Republican 28 times, and other 0 times.

When did Norwalk, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Norwalk, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1996.

How many people live in Norwalk, OH, Ohio?

Norwalk, OH, Ohio has a population of 58,319 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Norwalk, OH, Ohio?

Median household income in Norwalk, OH, Ohio is $67,878 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.

What is the political history of Norwalk, OH, Ohio?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Norwalk, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Heartland Swing" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.

Norwalk, OH has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+43.8 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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