Oneonta, NY Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Oneonta, NY

TrumpR+7.8

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	53.4%	15,256
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	45.6%	13,031
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	305

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 time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	−4.8%
1896	−16.2%
1900	−12.2%
1904	−14.6%
1908	−10.6%
1912	+1.6%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−30.8%
1924	−37.4%
1928	−49.9%
1932	−29.2%
1936	−35.8%
1940	−36.4%
1944	−32.5%
1948	−35.6%
1952	−53.6%
1956	−55.1%
1960	−37.6%
1964	+27.4%
1968	−24.5%
1972	−37.4%
1976	−20.2%
1980	−12.6%
1984	−27.1%
1988	−8.0%
1992	+1.2%
1996	+11.2%
2000	−3.0%
2004	−2.3%
2008	+5.9%
2012	+2.7%
2016	−11.1%
2020	−5.0%
2024	−7.8%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	45.6%Harris13,031	53.4%Trump15,256	1.1%	−7.8%	28,592
2020	R	46.3%Biden12,975	51.3%Trump14,382	2.3%incl. Jorgensen	−5.0%	28,010
2016	R	40.7%Clinton10,451	51.8%Trump13,308	7.4%incl. Johnson	−11.1%	25,668
2012	D	50.2%Obama12,117	47.5%Romney11,461	2.3%	+2.7%	24,139
2008	D	52.0%Obama13,570	46.0%McCain12,026	2.0%	+5.9%	26,121
2004	R	47.7%Kerry12,723	50.1%Bush13,342	2.2%	−2.3%	26,652
2000	R	45.2%Gore11,460	48.2%Bush12,219	6.6%incl. Nader	−3.0%	25,358
1996	D	47.5%Clinton11,470	36.4%Dole8,774	16.1%incl. Perot	+11.2%	24,126
1992	D	39.4%Clinton10,471	38.1%Bush10,141	22.5%incl. Perot	+1.2%	26,606
1988	R	45.5%Dukakis11,069	53.5%Bush13,021	1.0%	−8.0%	24,335
1984	R	36.1%Mondale9,582	63.3%Reagan16,777	0.6%	−27.1%	26,511
1980	R	36.8%Carter8,795	49.4%Reagan11,814	13.8%incl. Anderson	−12.6%	23,907
1976	R	39.5%Carter9,787	59.8%Ford14,796	0.7%	−20.2%	24,754
1972	R	31.2%McGovern7,898	68.6%Nixon17,364	0.2%	−37.4%	25,321
1968	R	35.2%Humphrey7,981	59.7%Nixon13,543	5.2%incl. Wallace	−24.5%	22,696
1964	D	63.7%Johnson15,190	36.2%Goldwater8,643	0.1%	+27.4%	23,859
1960	R	31.2%Kennedy7,899	68.7%Nixon17,422	0.1%	−37.6%	25,347
1956	R	22.5%Stevenson5,644	77.5%Eisenhower19,484	0.0%	−55.1%	25,128
1952	R	23.1%Stevenson6,115	76.7%Eisenhower20,304	0.1%	−53.6%	26,458
1948	R	30.9%Truman7,174	66.5%Dewey15,437	2.5%incl. Thurmond	−35.6%	23,197
1944	R	33.7%Roosevelt7,849	66.2%Dewey15,427	0.2%	−32.5%	23,313
1940	R	31.6%Roosevelt7,798	68.0%Willkie16,771	0.3%	−36.4%	24,647
1936	R	31.5%Roosevelt7,807	67.4%Landon16,682	1.1%	−35.8%	24,765
1932	R	34.9%Roosevelt8,114	64.1%Hoover14,904	1.1%	−29.2%	23,265
1928	R	24.4%Smith6,006	74.3%Hoover18,286	1.3%	−49.9%	24,606
1924	R	28.3%Davis5,841	65.7%Coolidge13,573	6.1%incl. La Follette	−37.4%	20,670
1920	R	33.1%Cox6,275	63.9%Harding12,112	3.0%	−30.8%	18,961
1916	D	48.6%Wilson5,975	48.2%Hughes5,926	3.3%	+0.4%	12,304
1912	D	42.2%Wilson5,338	40.6%Taft5,138	17.1%incl. Roosevelt	+1.6%	12,641
1908	R	42.7%Bryan5,975	53.4%Taft7,459	3.9%	−10.6%	13,977
1904	R	40.9%Parker5,725	55.4%Roosevelt7,770	3.7%	−14.6%	14,014
1900	R	42.7%Bryan6,142	54.8%McKinley7,893	2.5%	−12.2%	14,394
1896	R	40.2%Bryan5,820	56.4%McKinley8,161	3.4%	−16.2%	14,477
1892	R	44.7%Cleveland6,408	49.5%Harrison7,095	5.8%incl. Weaver	−4.8%	14,336
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	Oneonta, NYMetro area	New YorkState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	89.2%	55.2%	61.0%
Black	2.3%	14.4%	12.2%
Asian	1.5%	9.1%	6.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	10.3%	12.6%
Other race	1.8%	11.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	19.8%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$68,885	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	12.5%	14.0%	12.5%
Median age	39.9	39.9	39.1
Age 18–24	19.8%	9.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	21.5%	18.0%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	34.4%	40.0%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	6.6%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	2.1%	14.8%	13.6%
German or other West Germanic	1.8%	1.5%	0.5%
Other Indo-European	1.0%	4.0%	2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	English 15.6%	Italian 10.9%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Irish 15.3%	Irish 10.5%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	German 15.0%	German 8.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	11.1%	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	5.3%	5.1%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	68.6%	48.7%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	11.9%	3.8%	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

English

15.6%

Irish

15.3%

German

15.0%

Italian

10.5%

American

6.1%

Polish

3.8%

Scottish

3.4%

French

2.8%

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

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Puerto Rican

1.6%

Mexican

0.7%

Dominican

0.4%

Guatemalan

0.4%

Ecuadorian

0.2%

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

0.2%

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Chinese

0.7%

Filipino

0.3%

Asian Indian

0.2%

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: 39.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.4%

3.0%

75–84

3.6%

6.1%

65–74

6.5%

6.8%

55–64

6.9%

5.1%

45–54

5.1%

4.9%

35–44

5.0%

5.4%

25–34

4.7%

8.6%

18–24

11.2%

5.7%

5–17

5.2%

2.0%

1.9%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,885

Oneonta, NY$68,885

New York$85,974

United States$80,734

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

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1816.2%

Working age (18–64)11.9%

Seniors (65+)11.1%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

93.4%

speak English only

Spanish2.1%

German or other West Germanic1.8%

Other Indo-European1.0%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.5%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.4%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.3%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%

Arabic0.1%

Other languages0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Mainline Protestant

11.9%

Catholic

11.1%

Evangelical Protestant

5.3%

Other Christian

1.3%

Latter-day Saints

1.0%

Other faiths

0.4%

Jewish

0.3%

Orthodox Christian

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted68.6%

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.

Oneonta's electorate is noticeably influenced by SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, which together bring thousands of students into a Catskill-edge community that would otherwise skew older and more rural.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 55.1 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.8 points.

A population of 60,108, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,885 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Oneonta, NY, New York vote in 2024?

In 2024, Oneonta, NY, New York voted Republican by 7.8 points (R+7.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 28,592 votes cast, 13,031 went Democratic and 15,256 went Republican.

When did Oneonta, NY, New York last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Oneonta, NY, New York voted Democratic was 2012.

How many people live in Oneonta, NY, New York?

Oneonta, NY, New York has a population of 60,108 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Oneonta, NY, New York?

Median household income in Oneonta, NY, New York is $68,885 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.

What is the political history of Oneonta, NY, New York?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Oneonta, NY, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.

Oneonta, NY delivered R+7.8 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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