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1876–2024
Wooster, OH·Ohio

Wooster, OH has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+39.3 in 2024.

College town anchoring a competitive Wayne County swing corridor

2008 — 2024·5 elections
OH
2024 presidential election
Wooster, OH
TrumpR+39.3
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican69.2%36,764
Kamala HarrisDemocratic29.9%15,898
OtherAll other candidates0.9%488
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 timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −39.3% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−39.3%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+10.5%
1896+12.0%
1900+10.4%
1904−6.2%
1908+9.7%
1912+33.1%
1916+22.9%
1920−7.0%
1924−17.5%
1928−49.2%
1932+0.4%
1936+10.0%
1940−11.4%
1944−17.8%
1948−15.6%
1952−36.5%
1956−47.2%
1960−38.2%
1964+19.9%
1968−24.1%
1972−36.9%
1976−12.6%
1980−20.1%
1984−36.4%
1988−24.2%
1992−10.5%
1996−11.8%
2000−26.2%
2004−23.3%
2008−14.6%
2012−20.3%
2016−33.9%
2020−37.0%
2024−39.3%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
29.9%Harris15,898
69.2%Trump36,764
0.9%
−39.3%
53,150
R
30.7%Biden16,660
67.7%Trump36,759
1.6%incl. Jorgensen
−37.0%
54,283
R
29.6%Clinton15,031
63.5%Trump32,270
7.0%incl. Johnson
−33.9%
50,845
R
38.4%Obama19,808
58.7%Romney30,251
2.9%
−20.3%
51,562
R
41.5%Obama21,712
56.1%McCain29,342
2.3%
−14.6%
52,276
R
38.2%Kerry19,786
61.5%Bush31,879
0.4%
−23.3%
51,848
R
34.8%Gore14,779
61.0%Bush25,901
4.1%incl. Nader
−26.2%
42,436
R
36.6%Clinton14,850
48.4%Dole19,628
15.0%incl. Perot
−11.8%
40,548
R
33.2%Clinton13,953
43.7%Bush18,350
23.1%incl. Perot
−10.5%
41,982
R
37.5%Dukakis13,571
61.6%Bush22,320
0.9%
−24.2%
36,208
R
31.4%Mondale11,323
67.8%Reagan24,475
0.8%
−36.4%
36,103
R
35.7%Carter12,129
55.9%Reagan18,962
8.4%incl. Anderson
−20.1%
33,942
R
42.6%Carter13,087
55.2%Ford16,976
2.2%
−12.6%
30,754
R
30.8%McGovern9,260
67.7%Nixon20,368
1.5%
−36.9%
30,076
R
34.2%Humphrey8,891
58.3%Nixon15,151
7.4%incl. Wallace
−24.1%
25,970
D
60.0%Johnson14,806
40.0%Goldwater9,890
0.0%
+19.9%
24,696
R
30.9%Kennedy9,511
69.1%Nixon21,273
0.0%
−38.2%
30,784
R
26.4%Stevenson6,984
73.6%Eisenhower19,469
0.0%
−47.2%
26,453
R
31.8%Stevenson8,414
68.2%Eisenhower18,074
0.0%
−36.5%
26,488
R
42.0%Truman8,868
57.6%Dewey12,152
0.3%incl. Thurmond
−15.6%
21,090
R
41.1%Roosevelt9,506
58.9%Dewey13,616
0.0%
−17.8%
23,122
R
44.3%Roosevelt10,748
55.7%Willkie13,525
0.0%
−11.4%
24,273
D
54.1%Roosevelt12,666
44.1%Landon10,331
1.8%
+10.0%
23,423
D
49.2%Roosevelt10,870
48.8%Hoover10,787
2.0%
+0.4%
22,097
R
25.4%Smith4,825
74.6%Hoover14,192
0.0%
−49.2%
19,024
R
36.3%Davis6,023
53.8%Coolidge8,928
9.9%incl. La Follette
−17.5%
16,594
R
45.9%Cox7,751
52.9%Harding8,932
1.2%
−7.0%
16,890
D
60.2%Wilson5,930
37.3%Hughes3,676
2.4%
+22.9%
9,847
D
51.1%Wilson4,737
18.1%Taft1,674
30.8%incl. Roosevelt
+33.1%
9,263
D
53.2%Bryan5,368
43.5%Taft4,388
3.3%
+9.7%
10,084
R
44.6%Parker4,165
50.8%Roosevelt4,748
4.6%
−6.2%
9,346
D
53.5%Bryan5,263
43.1%McKinley4,244
3.4%
+10.4%
9,845
D
55.1%Bryan5,588
43.1%McKinley4,369
1.8%
+12.0%
10,139
D
52.0%Cleveland4,702
41.5%Harrison3,752
6.5%incl. Weaver
+10.5%
9,039
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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.
IndicatorWooster, OHMetro areaOhioStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White93.3%76.8%61.0%
Black1.2%12.2%12.2%
Asian1.2%2.6%6.0%
Two or more races3.4%6.5%12.6%
Other race0.9%2.0%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino2.5%4.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$73,574$71,389$84,427
Poverty rate9.4%13.3%12.5%
Median age38.939.839.1
Age 18–249.9%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older19.1%18.3%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)25.1%31.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home14.1%8.0%22.3%
German or other West Germanic10.8%0.9%0.5%
Spanish1.3%2.7%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 25.5%German 22.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 11.7%Irish 12.3%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 10.0%English 11.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic7.6%15.4%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant25.9%19.5%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed53.8%52.2%51.5%
Mainline Protestant11.1%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
25.5%
English
11.7%
Irish
10.0%
American
6.3%
Italian
4.6%
Polish
2.2%
French
2.1%
Scottish
1.9%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
1.3%
Puerto Rican
0.5%
Colombian
0.2%
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.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Nepalese
0.4%
Asian Indian
0.2%
Chinese
0.2%
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: 38.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.4%
2.6%
75–84
3.1%
5.4%
65–74
5.9%
6.4%
55–64
6.4%
5.5%
45–54
5.7%
5.7%
35–44
5.6%
6.1%
25–34
5.7%
5.2%
18–24
4.7%
9.1%
5–17
8.6%
3.1%
<5
3.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,574
Wooster, OH$73,574
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
9.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.9%
Working age (18–64)8.7%
Seniors (65+)10.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.9%
speak English only
German or other West Germanic10.8%
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%
Other languages0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Arabic0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
25.9%
Mainline Protestant
11.1%
Catholic
7.6%
Other Christian
0.5%
Latter-day Saints
0.4%
Muslim
0.4%
Other faiths
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted53.8%
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.

Wooster sits at the center of Wayne County, where a mix of Amish agricultural communities, light manufacturing workers, and a liberal-arts college student population produces one of Ohio's more unpredictable county-level margins.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 49.2 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.3 points.

A population of 116,588, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,574 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Wooster, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wooster, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 39.3 points (R+39.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 53,150 votes cast, 15,898 went Democratic and 36,764 went Republican.
What is Wooster, OH, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Wooster, OH, Ohio in the "Sunbelt Conservative" 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 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Wooster, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wooster, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wooster, OH, Ohio?
Wooster, OH, Ohio has a population of 116,588 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wooster, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Wooster, OH, Ohio is $73,574 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Wooster, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wooster, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.