† 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
GroupEllensburg, WAWashingtonUnited States
German17.1%14.5%12.5%
English14.0%12.1%9.5%
Irish13.1%9.8%9.4%
Norwegian4.7%4.0%—
Italian3.2%3.1%4.8%
Scottish3.2%2.6%1.3%
Swedish3.2%1.8%—
American3.0%3.8%5.3%
Mexican8.5%10.8%11.3%
Cuban0.5%—0.7%
Spaniard0.4%0.4%—
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
Colombian0.3%0.2%0.4%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Filipino0.4%1.5%0.9%
Korean0.4%0.9%0.4%
Vietnamese0.3%1.1%0.6%
Asian Indian0.2%2.0%1.4%
Chinese0.2%2.2%1.3%
African American†0.5%2.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.4%0.5%
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
Ellensburg, WA
Washington
United States
Median age
35.8
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
20.0%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.0%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ellensburg, WA
Washington
United States
Median household income
$73,804
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.4%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
37.0%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ellensburg, WA
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.8%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.1%
9.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ellensburg, WA
Washington
United States
Catholic
10.3%
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
8.6%
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
74.6%
58.8%
51.5%
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.
Ellensburg, WA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−2.4%
1896
+12.1%
1900
−9.5%
1904
−45.9%
1908
−24.6%
1912
+4.8%
1916
+5.7%
1920
−33.0%
1924
−38.1%
1928
−19.9%
1932
+34.5%
1936
+43.0%
1940
+20.8%
1944
+10.5%
1948
+13.7%
1952
−13.8%
1956
−15.5%
1960
−3.8%
1964
+25.4%
1968
−3.3%
1972
−11.5%
1976
+0.9%
1980
−11.9%
1984
−15.2%
1988
+2.6%
1992
+10.9%
1996
+3.8%
2000
−15.7%
2004
−14.4%
2008
−8.1%
2012
−10.0%
2016
−13.3%
2020
−10.2%
2024
−14.5%
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
40.8%Harris10,810
55.3%Trump14,645
1.9%Kennedy507 +8
R+14.5
R+4.3
R+13.0
26,499
All 11 candidates in 2024 · 9 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican55.3%14,645
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic40.8%10,810
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.9%507
OtherAll other candidates0.7%190
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%124
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%115
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.2%42
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%37
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%23
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%4
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%2
R
43.3%Biden11,421
53.5%Trump14,105
3.2%
R+10.2
D+3.1
R+14.6
26,364
R
38.2%Clinton7,489
51.5%Trump10,100
10.3%
R+13.3
R+3.3
R+15.4
19,615
R
43.5%Obama7,949
53.5%Romney9,782
3.1%
R+10.0
R+2.0
R+13.9
18,293
R
44.9%Obama8,030
53.0%McCain9,471
2.1%
R+8.1
D+6.3
R+15.3
17,868
R
41.8%Kerry6,731
56.2%Bush9,052
2.1%
R+14.4
D+1.3
R+11.9
16,114
R
39.2%Gore5,516
54.9%Bush7,727
6.0%
R+15.7
R+19.5
R+16.2
14,086
D
45.4%Clinton5,707
41.6%Dole5,224
13.0%
D+3.8
R+7.1
R+4.7
12,564
D
43.9%Clinton5,432
32.9%Bush4,078
23.2%
D+10.9
D+8.4
D+5.4
12,385
D
50.7%Dukakis5,318
48.1%Bush5,048
1.2%
D+2.6
D+17.7
D+10.3
10,496
R
41.9%Mondale4,830
57.1%Reagan6,580
1.0%
R+15.2
R+3.2
D+3.0
11,531
R
37.9%Carter4,075
49.9%Reagan5,359
12.2%
R+11.9
R+12.9
R+2.2
10,748
D
48.5%Carter4,858
47.6%Ford4,765
3.9%
D+0.9
D+12.4
R+1.1
10,017
R
42.5%McGovern4,299
54.0%Nixon5,464
3.6%
R+11.5
R+8.2
D+11.6
10,126
R
44.9%Humphrey3,921
48.3%Nixon4,212
6.8%
R+3.3
R+28.7
R+2.6
8,729
D
62.7%Johnson5,383
37.2%Goldwater3,200
0.1%
D+25.4
D+29.2
D+2.8
8,592
R
48.1%Kennedy4,303
51.8%Nixon4,640
0.1%
R+3.8
D+11.8
R+3.9
8,953
R
42.2%Stevenson3,726
57.7%Eisenhower5,097
0.1%
R+15.5
R+1.7
R+0.1
8,830
R
42.9%Stevenson3,937
56.7%Eisenhower5,201
0.4%
R+13.8
R+27.5
R+3.0
9,174
D
55.0%Truman4,588
41.3%Dewey3,446
3.8%
D+13.7
D+3.2
D+9.2
8,348
D
55.0%Roosevelt4,227
44.5%Dewey3,423
0.5%
D+10.5
R+10.3
D+3.0
7,686
D
60.1%Roosevelt5,203
39.3%Willkie3,401
0.6%
D+20.8
R+22.2
D+10.9
8,660
D
69.9%Roosevelt5,044
26.9%Landon1,941
3.2%
D+43.0
D+8.5
D+18.7
7,218
D
63.8%Roosevelt4,266
29.4%Hoover1,963
6.8%
D+34.5
D+54.3
D+16.7
6,684
R
39.6%Smith2,136
59.5%Hoover3,207
0.9%
R+19.9
D+18.3
R+2.4
5,392
R
9.1%Davis455
47.2%Coolidge2,360
43.7%
R+38.1
R+5.1
R+12.9
4,998
R
21.5%Cox1,119
54.5%Harding2,837
24.0%
R+33.0
R+38.7
R+6.8
5,202
D
49.4%Wilson2,609
43.7%Hughes2,310
6.9%
D+5.7
D+0.8
D+2.5
5,281
O
27.3%Wilson1,407
22.4%Taft1,157
50.3%
Roosevelt +23.0
D+29.5
R+14.7
5,156
R
31.6%Bryan985
56.2%Taft1,752
12.2%
R+24.6
D+21.3
R+15.1
3,116
R
19.0%Parker523
64.9%Roosevelt1,787
16.2%
R+45.9
R+36.4
R+26.2
2,755
R
43.4%Bryan934
52.9%McKinley1,139
3.8%
R+9.5
R+21.7
R+2.0
2,154
D
55.5%Bryan1,336
43.4%McKinley1,044
1.1%
D+12.1
D+14.6
D+18.2
2,406
R
35.4%Cleveland800
37.8%Harrison855
26.8%
R+2.4
—
R+4.1
2,260
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
43.0%11,028
56.7%14,556
25,657
2022
R
40.0%8,318
59.8%12,446
20,798
2018
R
43.1%8,330
56.9%10,996
19,326
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Ellensburg, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
27,280
2018
28,669
2020
32,673
2022
33,478
2024
34,929
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+637 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +6,838 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Ellensburg, WA in Ellensburg, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+347
2012
−127
2013
+17
2014
+582
2015
+289
2016
+1,630
2017
+1,044
2018
+998
2019
+376
2021
−1,072
2022
+1,518
2023
+375
2024
+224
2025
+637
Central Washington University's enrollment shapes Ellensburg's demographics and turns out younger voters in a county that otherwise trends conservative, producing split-ticket patterns uncommon in surrounding rural precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 45.9 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.5 points.
A population of 47,172, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,804 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Moscow, ID and Laramie, WY.
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In 2024, Ellensburg, WA, Washington voted Republican by 14.5 points (R+14.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,499 votes cast, 10,810 went Democratic and 14,645 went Republican.
When did Ellensburg, WA, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ellensburg, WA, Washington voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Ellensburg, WA, Washington?
Ellensburg, WA, Washington has a population of 47,172 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ellensburg, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Ellensburg, WA, Washington is $73,804 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Ellensburg, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Ellensburg, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
