† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupElkhart-Goshen, INIndianaUnited States
German19.5%19.5%12.5%
English8.9%11.3%9.5%
American6.8%6.9%5.3%
Irish6.1%10.1%9.4%
Polish1.7%2.6%2.2%
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
Italian1.5%2.4%4.8%
Dutch1.5%——
Mexican13.5%5.7%11.3%
Honduran1.5%0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%0.8%1.8%
Venezuelan0.8%0.2%—
Salvadoran0.6%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Peruvian0.3%——
African American†4.1%7.7%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Asian Indian0.2%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.1%—0.4%
Pakistani0.1%——
Laotian0.1%——
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
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
35.6
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.4%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$68,561
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.4%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.1%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.0%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
15.1%
5.5%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
6.3%
1.1%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
8.7%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
23.5%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
54.1%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.5%
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.
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−4.3%
1896
−10.2%
1900
−11.1%
1904
−21.3%
1908
−4.2%
1912
+26.8%
1916
−1.0%
1920
−31.9%
1924
−41.2%
1928
−50.1%
1932
+3.6%
1936
−1.4%
1940
−18.1%
1944
−22.4%
1948
−15.8%
1952
−34.8%
1956
−38.7%
1960
−26.4%
1964
+4.3%
1968
−24.3%
1972
−41.8%
1976
−21.4%
1980
−31.0%
1984
−44.5%
1988
−40.6%
1992
−25.4%
1996
−23.9%
2000
−37.4%
2004
−40.7%
2008
−11.2%
2012
−26.4%
2016
−32.0%
2020
−28.0%
2024
−32.4%
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
33.1%Harris23,082
65.4%Trump45,652
0.8%Kennedy551 +14
R+32.4
R+4.3
R+30.9
69,765
All 17 candidates in 2024 · 15 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican65.4%45,652
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic33.1%23,082
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.8%551
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%409
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%34
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%21
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%4
Tom HoeflingIndependent0.0%3
Andre Ramon Mcneil SrIndependent0.0%1
Carol AsherIndependent0.0%1
Cherunda Lynn FoxIndependent0.0%1
Doug JenkinsIndependent0.0%1
Nala Baozun Scott Johnson Jr.Nonpartisan0.0%1
Paij BoringIndependent0.0%1
Shondra IrvingIndependent0.0%1
Susan Maude BuchserIndependent0.0%1
William Cody NalbachIndependent0.0%1
R
35.1%Biden26,108
63.1%Trump46,972
1.8%
R+28.0
D+3.9
R+32.5
74,387
R
31.3%Clinton20,667
63.2%Trump41,810
5.5%
R+32.0
R+5.6
R+34.1
66,109
R
35.9%Obama24,399
62.3%Romney42,378
1.8%
R+26.4
R+15.2
R+30.3
68,029
R
43.9%Obama31,398
55.1%McCain39,396
0.9%
R+11.2
D+29.5
R+18.5
71,458
R
29.3%Kerry17,966
70.0%Bush42,967
0.7%
R+40.7
R+3.4
R+38.3
61,380
R
30.1%Gore16,402
67.5%Bush36,756
2.4%
R+37.4
R+13.4
R+37.9
54,482
R
32.6%Clinton16,598
56.6%Dole28,770
10.8%
R+23.9
D+1.5
R+32.5
50,850
R
28.1%Clinton14,660
53.5%Bush27,920
18.4%
R+25.4
D+15.2
R+31.0
52,184
R
29.5%Dukakis14,236
70.1%Bush33,793
0.4%
R+40.6
D+3.9
R+32.8
48,200
R
27.5%Mondale13,240
72.0%Reagan34,621
0.5%
R+44.5
R+13.4
R+26.2
48,097
R
30.4%Carter14,883
61.4%Reagan30,081
8.2%
R+31.0
R+9.6
R+21.3
48,994
R
38.7%Carter17,581
60.1%Ford27,291
1.2%
R+21.4
D+20.4
R+23.4
45,429
R
28.8%McGovern12,659
70.6%Nixon31,009
0.6%
R+41.8
R+17.5
R+18.6
43,941
R
33.6%Humphrey14,222
57.9%Nixon24,484
8.5%
R+24.3
R+28.6
R+23.6
42,289
D
51.7%Johnson21,679
47.4%Goldwater19,870
0.9%
D+4.3
D+30.7
R+18.3
41,914
R
36.4%Kennedy16,264
62.8%Nixon28,056
0.8%
R+26.4
D+12.3
R+26.5
44,693
R
30.4%Stevenson12,363
69.1%Eisenhower28,088
0.6%
R+38.7
R+3.8
R+23.3
40,677
R
31.5%Stevenson12,002
66.3%Eisenhower25,277
2.2%
R+34.8
R+19.0
R+24.1
38,108
R
40.9%Truman13,703
56.7%Dewey18,999
2.4%
R+15.8
D+6.6
R+20.3
33,517
R
38.0%Roosevelt12,991
60.4%Dewey20,659
1.6%
R+22.4
R+4.3
R+29.9
34,208
R
40.4%Roosevelt13,620
58.5%Willkie19,735
1.1%
R+18.1
R+16.7
R+28.1
33,716
R
47.7%Roosevelt14,473
49.0%Landon14,896
3.3%
R+1.4
R+5.0
R+25.7
30,371
D
50.3%Roosevelt14,885
46.8%Hoover13,826
2.9%
D+3.6
D+53.6
R+14.2
29,566
R
24.7%Smith6,900
74.8%Hoover20,876
0.5%
R+50.1
R+8.8
R+32.6
27,924
R
23.3%Davis4,729
64.5%Coolidge13,096
12.2%
R+41.2
R+9.3
R+16.0
20,304
R
28.2%Cox5,770
60.1%Harding12,297
11.7%
R+31.9
R+30.9
R+5.7
20,461
R
44.2%Wilson5,723
45.2%Hughes5,850
10.6%
R+1.0
R+27.8
R+4.1
12,941
O
37.2%Wilson4,300
10.4%Taft1,199
52.4%
Roosevelt +15.2
D+31.1
D+7.3
11,553
R
44.0%Bryan5,697
48.2%Taft6,245
7.8%
R+4.2
D+17.1
D+5.3
12,959
R
34.0%Parker4,023
55.3%Roosevelt6,548
10.7%
R+21.3
R+10.2
R+1.7
11,837
R
41.7%Bryan4,950
52.9%McKinley6,270
5.4%
R+11.1
R+0.9
R+3.6
11,862
R
43.8%Bryan4,986
54.1%McKinley6,150
2.1%
R+10.2
R+5.9
R+4.2
11,371
R
44.5%Cleveland3,530
48.9%Harrison3,873
6.6%
R+4.3
—
R+6.0
7,925
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
31.7%22,106
66.4%46,298
69,708
2022
R
28.3%12,635
69.1%30,852
44,652
2018
R
39.1%21,062
57.8%31,164
53,887
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Elkhart-Goshen, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
135,800
2018
121,175
2020
124,785
2022
126,855
2024
126,874
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−949 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −11,391 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Elkhart-Goshen, IN in Elkhart-Goshen, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−675
2012
−685
2013
−204
2014
−248
2015
+87
2016
−999
2017
−806
2018
−238
2019
−870
2021
−1,011
2022
−1,352
2023
−1,965
2024
−1,476
2025
−949
Elkhart County produces roughly 80% of North American recreational vehicles, making its manufacturing employment figures a closely watched leading indicator of consumer confidence and working-class voter sentiment across northern Indiana.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 50.1 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.4 points.
A population of 207,132, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,561 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Frankfort, IN and Crawfordsville, IN.
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In 2024, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 32.4 points (R+32.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 69,765 votes cast, 23,082 went Democratic and 45,652 went Republican.
When did Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Indiana?
Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Indiana has a population of 207,132 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Indiana is $68,561 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
