† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAltoona, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German34.8%21.6%12.5%
Irish17.0%14.8%9.4%
Italian9.6%10.6%4.8%
English9.1%8.3%9.5%
American6.0%4.4%5.3%
Polish4.1%5.4%2.2%
Scottish1.6%1.1%1.3%
French1.2%—1.6%
African American†1.6%8.7%9.9%
Puerto Rican0.4%3.7%1.8%
Mexican0.2%1.4%11.3%
Spanish0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Altoona, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
43.1
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.5%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Altoona, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$62,382
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.0%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.4%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Altoona, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.3%
12.4%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
1.2%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Altoona, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
12.3%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.5%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
57.8%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
15.2%
10.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Altoona, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−16.4%
1896
−35.0%
1900
−35.2%
1904
−51.8%
1908
−33.4%
1912
+5.6%
1916
−16.1%
1920
−35.5%
1924
−52.2%
1928
−47.6%
1932
−17.0%
1936
+4.4%
1940
−10.5%
1944
−16.1%
1948
−22.6%
1952
−31.1%
1956
−31.5%
1960
−28.9%
1964
+3.7%
1968
−26.9%
1972
−52.4%
1976
−20.9%
1980
−30.0%
1984
−31.5%
1988
−24.1%
1992
−14.7%
1996
−15.3%
2000
−27.9%
2004
−32.6%
2008
−24.3%
2012
−33.8%
2016
−45.5%
2020
−43.5%
2024
−43.5%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
27.9%Harris18,127
71.4%Trump46,352
0.4%Oliver274 +1
R+43.5
D+0.1
R+42.0
64,949
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican71.4%46,352
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic27.9%18,127
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%274
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%196
R
27.7%Biden17,636
71.2%Trump45,306
1.0%
R+43.5
D+2.0
R+48.0
63,595
R
25.2%Clinton13,958
70.7%Trump39,135
4.1%
R+45.5
R+11.7
R+47.6
55,341
R
32.3%Obama16,276
66.2%Romney33,319
1.5%
R+33.8
R+9.6
R+37.7
50,365
R
37.3%Obama19,813
61.6%McCain32,708
1.1%
R+24.3
D+8.3
R+31.6
53,102
R
33.4%Kerry18,105
66.0%Bush35,751
0.6%
R+32.6
R+4.7
R+30.1
54,178
R
34.9%Gore15,774
62.9%Bush28,376
2.2%
R+27.9
R+12.6
R+28.4
45,140
R
37.0%Clinton15,036
52.3%Dole21,282
10.7%
R+15.3
R+0.6
R+23.9
40,691
R
33.2%Clinton14,857
47.9%Bush21,447
18.9%
R+14.7
D+9.4
R+20.3
44,758
R
37.4%Dukakis15,588
61.5%Bush25,623
1.1%
R+24.1
D+7.4
R+16.4
41,662
R
34.1%Mondale15,651
65.5%Reagan30,104
0.4%
R+31.5
R+1.4
R+13.2
45,945
R
32.4%Carter15,014
62.4%Reagan28,931
5.2%
R+30.0
R+9.1
R+20.3
46,359
R
38.8%Carter18,397
59.7%Ford28,290
1.4%
R+20.9
D+31.5
R+23.0
47,366
R
22.7%McGovern10,023
75.1%Nixon33,126
2.2%
R+52.4
R+25.5
R+29.2
44,110
R
32.7%Humphrey15,803
59.6%Nixon28,780
7.7%
R+26.9
R+30.5
R+26.2
48,296
D
51.8%Johnson26,157
48.1%Goldwater24,301
0.1%
D+3.7
D+32.6
R+18.9
50,531
R
35.5%Kennedy19,445
64.4%Nixon35,297
0.1%
R+28.9
D+2.6
R+29.1
54,809
R
34.2%Stevenson17,503
65.7%Eisenhower33,623
0.1%
R+31.5
R+0.4
R+16.1
51,191
R
34.3%Stevenson16,851
65.4%Eisenhower32,113
0.2%
R+31.1
R+8.5
R+20.3
49,070
R
38.1%Truman14,050
60.7%Dewey22,382
1.2%
R+22.6
R+6.5
R+27.1
36,886
R
41.8%Roosevelt18,003
57.8%Dewey24,925
0.4%
R+16.1
R+5.6
R+23.6
43,106
R
44.6%Roosevelt21,573
55.1%Willkie26,639
0.3%
R+10.5
R+14.9
R+20.4
48,337
D
51.4%Roosevelt27,038
47.0%Landon24,711
1.6%
D+4.4
D+21.4
R+19.8
52,597
R
39.9%Roosevelt13,709
56.9%Hoover19,553
3.1%
R+17.0
D+30.6
R+34.8
34,335
R
25.9%Smith12,104
73.5%Hoover34,356
0.6%
R+47.6
D+4.5
R+30.2
46,726
R
13.8%Davis4,244
65.9%Coolidge20,313
20.3%
R+52.2
R+16.7
R+27.0
30,808
R
21.5%Cox5,668
57.0%Harding15,035
21.6%
R+35.5
R+19.4
R+9.3
26,392
R
39.0%Wilson7,002
55.2%Hughes9,893
5.8%
R+16.1
R+21.7
R+19.3
17,935
O
23.8%Wilson4,108
18.2%Taft3,138
58.1%
Roosevelt +34.3
D+39.0
R+13.9
17,276
R
29.7%Bryan4,981
63.0%Taft10,583
7.3%
R+33.4
D+18.5
R+23.8
16,796
R
21.6%Parker3,675
73.5%Roosevelt12,482
4.9%
R+51.8
R+16.6
R+32.2
16,992
R
30.6%Bryan4,528
65.8%McKinley9,749
3.6%
R+35.2
R+0.3
R+27.7
14,814
R
30.5%Bryan4,840
65.5%McKinley10,382
4.0%
R+35.0
R+18.6
R+28.9
15,851
R
40.3%Cleveland5,265
56.7%Harrison7,407
2.9%
R+16.4
—
R+18.1
13,052
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
28.5%18,445
69.1%44,741
64,723
2022
R
29.3%14,763
68.0%34,214
50,330
2018
R
33.8%14,599
64.5%27,826
43,165
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+37.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+43.5
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.6 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Altoona, PA in Altoona, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+175
2012
−245
2013
−335
2014
−312
2015
−401
2016
−585
2017
−171
2018
−295
2019
−225
2021
+154
2022
−689
2023
+52
2024
+95
2025
−106
Altoona anchors Blair County, one of Pennsylvania's most reliably Republican mid-size metros, where deindustrialization accelerated a political realignment that has only deepened since 2000.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 5.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 52.4 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 43.5 points.
A population of 121,277, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,382 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Williamsport, PA and Bradford, PA.
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In 2024, Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 43.5 points (R+43.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 64,949 votes cast, 18,127 went Democratic and 46,352 went Republican.
When did Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania?
Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 121,277 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania is $62,382 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Altoona, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
