† 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
GroupCrawfordsville, INIndianaUnited States
German20.4%19.5%12.5%
English13.8%11.3%9.5%
Irish11.8%10.1%9.4%
American8.8%6.9%5.3%
Scottish2.3%1.5%1.3%
Italian1.9%2.4%4.8%
Polish1.6%2.6%2.2%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
Mexican4.7%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%0.8%1.8%
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
Crawfordsville, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
40.4
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Crawfordsville, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$71,479
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.4%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Crawfordsville, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.2%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
4.9%
5.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Crawfordsville, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
5.0%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
20.7%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
66.5%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.8%
7.1%
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.
Crawfordsville, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+0.1%
1896
−2.0%
1900
−4.6%
1904
−10.3%
1908
−2.2%
1912
+13.1%
1916
−2.2%
1920
−10.1%
1924
−18.6%
1928
−28.0%
1932
+11.3%
1936
+4.4%
1940
−10.0%
1944
−19.3%
1948
−17.7%
1952
−32.3%
1956
−31.2%
1960
−33.2%
1964
+1.4%
1968
−28.6%
1972
−52.3%
1976
−27.8%
1980
−38.7%
1984
−50.5%
1988
−49.5%
1992
−29.1%
1996
−29.0%
2000
−38.1%
2004
−50.6%
2008
−19.9%
2012
−38.5%
2016
−50.4%
2020
−49.1%
2024
−48.2%
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
24.9%Harris4,134
73.1%Trump12,122
1.2%Kennedy200 +3
R+48.2
D+0.9
R+46.7
16,581
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican73.1%12,122
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic24.9%4,134
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.2%200
Chase OliverLibertarian0.7%116
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%7
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%2
R
24.5%Biden4,213
73.6%Trump12,659
1.9%
R+49.1
D+1.3
R+53.6
17,198
R
22.0%Clinton3,362
72.4%Trump11,051
5.6%
R+50.4
R+11.9
R+52.5
15,264
R
29.6%Obama4,271
68.0%Romney9,824
2.4%
R+38.5
R+18.5
R+42.3
14,440
R
39.3%Obama6,013
59.3%McCain9,060
1.4%
R+19.9
D+30.7
R+27.2
15,285
R
24.3%Kerry3,536
74.9%Bush10,901
0.8%
R+50.6
R+12.5
R+48.2
14,548
R
29.8%Gore3,899
67.9%Bush8,891
2.4%
R+38.1
R+9.1
R+38.6
13,101
R
28.6%Clinton3,825
57.5%Dole7,705
13.9%
R+29.0
D+0.1
R+37.5
13,397
R
23.1%Clinton3,371
52.2%Bush7,602
24.7%
R+29.1
D+20.5
R+34.6
14,564
R
25.0%Dukakis3,623
74.6%Bush10,793
0.4%
R+49.5
D+1.0
R+41.8
14,472
R
24.4%Mondale3,626
75.0%Reagan11,119
0.6%
R+50.5
R+11.8
R+32.3
14,834
R
27.9%Carter4,158
66.6%Reagan9,936
5.5%
R+38.7
R+11.0
R+29.0
14,917
R
35.3%Carter5,320
63.0%Ford9,509
1.7%
R+27.8
D+24.5
R+29.8
15,092
R
23.7%McGovern3,431
76.0%Nixon10,997
0.3%
R+52.3
R+23.7
R+29.1
14,471
R
31.3%Humphrey4,752
59.9%Nixon9,085
8.8%
R+28.6
R+29.9
R+27.9
15,175
D
50.5%Johnson8,042
49.1%Goldwater7,823
0.4%
D+1.4
D+34.6
R+21.2
15,930
R
33.2%Kennedy5,477
66.4%Nixon10,957
0.5%
R+33.2
R+2.0
R+33.4
16,511
R
34.2%Stevenson5,443
65.4%Eisenhower10,418
0.4%
R+31.2
D+1.1
R+15.8
15,927
R
33.6%Stevenson5,386
65.9%Eisenhower10,569
0.5%
R+32.3
R+14.6
R+21.6
16,041
R
40.6%Truman5,492
58.3%Dewey7,890
1.1%
R+17.7
D+1.6
R+22.2
13,537
R
40.1%Roosevelt5,620
59.4%Dewey8,319
0.4%
R+19.3
R+9.3
R+26.8
13,999
R
44.8%Roosevelt6,994
54.8%Willkie8,554
0.4%
R+10.0
R+14.4
R+19.9
15,616
D
51.8%Roosevelt8,053
47.4%Landon7,369
0.8%
D+4.4
R+6.9
R+19.9
15,549
D
54.9%Roosevelt8,077
43.6%Hoover6,417
1.4%
D+11.3
D+39.3
R+6.5
14,704
R
35.6%Smith4,960
63.7%Hoover8,863
0.7%
R+28.0
R+9.5
R+10.6
13,915
R
39.9%Davis5,708
58.5%Coolidge8,366
1.5%
R+18.6
R+8.5
D+6.6
14,295
R
44.4%Cox7,159
54.5%Harding8,792
1.1%
R+10.1
R+7.9
D+16.1
16,135
R
47.1%Wilson4,107
49.4%Hughes4,300
3.5%
R+2.2
R+15.3
R+5.4
8,711
D
46.5%Wilson3,821
33.4%Taft2,747
20.1%
D+13.1
D+15.3
R+6.5
8,216
R
47.4%Bryan4,227
49.6%Taft4,427
3.0%
R+2.2
D+8.0
D+7.3
8,919
R
42.8%Parker3,747
53.1%Roosevelt4,647
4.1%
R+10.3
R+5.7
D+9.4
8,751
R
46.6%Bryan4,102
51.2%McKinley4,507
2.2%
R+4.6
R+2.6
D+2.9
8,803
R
48.6%Bryan4,183
50.6%McKinley4,353
0.8%
R+2.0
R+2.0
D+4.1
8,603
D
48.8%Cleveland3,841
48.8%Harrison3,837
2.4%
D+0.1
—
R+1.6
7,868
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
23.2%3,806
73.8%12,101
16,386
2022
R
22.8%2,219
72.4%7,063
9,753
2018
R
28.1%3,518
66.7%8,362
12,539
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Crawfordsville, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
24,186
2018
22,914
2020
24,626
2022
25,651
2024
25,092
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−5 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +293 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Crawfordsville, IN in Crawfordsville, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+136
2012
−178
2013
−165
2014
−57
2015
+32
2016
−112
2017
+63
2018
−153
2019
−15
2021
+146
2022
+296
2023
+250
2024
+55
2025
−5
Crawfordsville's Montgomery County electorate has shifted toward wide Republican margins over the past two decades, tracking the broader rural Midwest realignment, even as Wabash College provides a small but consistent counterweight of younger and more educated voters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 13.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 52.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.2 points.
A population of 38,312, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,479 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wabash, IN and Plymouth, IN.
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In 2024, Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 48.2 points (R+48.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,581 votes cast, 4,134 went Democratic and 12,122 went Republican.
When did Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana?
Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana has a population of 38,312 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana is $71,479 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
