† 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
GroupGreencastle, INIndianaUnited States
German13.5%19.5%12.5%
American12.5%6.9%5.3%
English11.9%11.3%9.5%
Irish7.4%10.1%9.4%
Scottish2.7%1.5%1.3%
Italian2.1%2.4%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.4%——
Dutch1.1%——
African American†2.9%7.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Mexican1.1%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.8%1.8%
Asian Indian0.3%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
Korean0.3%—0.4%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
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
Greencastle, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
38.4
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
12.4%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.4%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Greencastle, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$78,378
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.7%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.2%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Greencastle, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.8%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.7%
5.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Greencastle, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
2.1%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.9%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
71.1%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.6%
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.
Greencastle, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+8.6%
1896
+10.1%
1900
+10.2%
1904
+7.2%
1908
+8.5%
1912
+28.3%
1916
+9.0%
1920
+2.6%
1924
−1.7%
1928
−12.2%
1932
+15.8%
1936
+10.9%
1940
+1.6%
1944
−5.1%
1948
−2.6%
1952
−19.7%
1956
−18.7%
1960
−15.6%
1964
+8.1%
1968
−19.1%
1972
−40.4%
1976
−8.4%
1980
−26.3%
1984
−39.3%
1988
−29.7%
1992
−15.4%
1996
−17.2%
2000
−27.2%
2004
−36.6%
2008
−12.0%
2012
−32.5%
2016
−49.1%
2020
−50.2%
2024
−52.0%
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
23.1%Harris3,871
75.1%Trump12,566
1.1%Kennedy192 +3
R+52.0
R+1.8
R+50.5
16,734
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.1%12,566
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic23.1%3,871
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.1%192
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%102
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%2
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%1
R
23.8%Biden3,946
74.0%Trump12,278
2.2%
R+50.2
R+1.1
R+54.7
16,597
R
22.6%Clinton3,356
71.8%Trump10,637
5.6%
R+49.1
R+16.6
R+51.2
14,818
R
32.6%Obama4,507
65.1%Romney9,005
2.3%
R+32.5
R+20.6
R+36.4
13,829
R
43.2%Obama6,334
55.2%McCain8,086
1.5%
R+12.0
D+24.6
R+19.2
14,646
R
31.2%Kerry4,103
67.8%Bush8,908
1.0%
R+36.6
R+9.4
R+34.1
13,136
R
34.7%Gore4,123
61.9%Bush7,352
3.3%
R+27.2
R+10.0
R+27.7
11,871
R
34.1%Clinton3,962
51.3%Dole5,958
14.6%
R+17.2
R+1.8
R+25.7
11,616
R
28.9%Clinton3,487
44.3%Bush5,341
26.7%
R+15.4
D+14.3
R+20.9
12,048
R
34.9%Dukakis3,850
64.6%Bush7,119
0.5%
R+29.7
D+9.6
R+21.9
11,021
R
30.1%Mondale3,392
69.4%Reagan7,820
0.5%
R+39.3
R+12.9
R+21.1
11,272
R
34.0%Carter3,996
60.4%Reagan7,090
5.6%
R+26.3
R+18.0
R+16.6
11,748
R
45.3%Carter5,116
53.7%Ford6,063
1.0%
R+8.4
D+32.0
R+10.4
11,297
R
29.7%McGovern3,339
70.1%Nixon7,879
0.2%
R+40.4
R+21.3
R+17.2
11,243
R
32.4%Humphrey3,692
51.5%Nixon5,873
16.2%
R+19.1
R+27.2
R+18.4
11,410
D
54.0%Johnson6,275
45.8%Goldwater5,331
0.2%
D+8.1
D+23.7
R+14.5
11,630
R
42.0%Kennedy4,798
57.6%Nixon6,583
0.4%
R+15.6
D+3.1
R+15.8
11,423
R
40.5%Stevenson4,572
59.3%Eisenhower6,684
0.2%
R+18.7
D+0.9
R+3.3
11,280
R
40.0%Stevenson4,446
59.7%Eisenhower6,632
0.4%
R+19.7
R+17.1
R+8.9
11,118
R
48.3%Truman4,814
50.9%Dewey5,072
0.8%
R+2.6
D+2.6
R+7.1
9,963
R
47.2%Roosevelt4,857
52.4%Dewey5,386
0.4%
R+5.1
R+6.7
R+12.6
10,283
D
50.6%Roosevelt6,020
49.0%Willkie5,832
0.4%
D+1.6
R+9.3
R+8.4
11,901
D
55.1%Roosevelt6,177
44.3%Landon4,961
0.6%
D+10.9
R+4.9
R+13.4
11,207
D
56.2%Roosevelt6,168
40.5%Hoover4,438
3.3%
D+15.8
D+28.0
R+2.0
10,968
R
43.5%Smith4,177
55.7%Hoover5,351
0.8%
R+12.2
R+10.5
D+5.2
9,603
R
47.4%Davis4,759
49.1%Coolidge4,930
3.4%
R+1.7
R+4.3
D+23.5
10,032
D
50.4%Cox5,417
47.8%Harding5,140
1.8%
D+2.6
R+6.5
D+28.8
10,746
D
52.3%Wilson2,965
43.3%Hughes2,453
4.4%
D+9.0
R+19.2
D+5.9
5,668
D
52.7%Wilson2,922
24.4%Taft1,354
22.9%
D+28.3
D+19.8
D+8.7
5,545
D
52.8%Bryan3,131
44.3%Taft2,626
2.9%
D+8.5
D+1.3
D+18.1
5,926
D
51.5%Parker3,005
44.4%Roosevelt2,586
4.1%
D+7.2
R+3.0
D+26.9
5,830
D
53.7%Bryan3,251
43.5%McKinley2,632
2.7%
D+10.2
D+0.1
D+17.8
6,049
D
54.5%Bryan3,218
44.4%McKinley2,622
1.2%
D+10.1
D+1.5
D+16.2
5,909
D
51.0%Cleveland2,754
42.3%Harrison2,289
6.7%
D+8.6
—
D+6.9
5,405
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
22.3%3,572
74.4%11,918
16,020
2022
R
22.7%2,254
70.0%6,954
9,928
2018
R
29.5%3,512
65.7%7,814
11,899
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Greencastle, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
25,385
2018
23,589
2020
24,532
2022
24,397
2024
26,012
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+120 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +612 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Greencastle, IN in Greencastle, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−100
2012
−287
2013
−183
2014
−59
2015
−107
2016
−319
2017
+243
2018
+77
2019
+38
2021
+359
2022
+180
2023
+112
2024
+538
2025
+120
Greencastle, IN sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 52.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 52.0 points.
A population of 37,280, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,378 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kendallville, IN and Peru, IN.
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In 2024, Greencastle, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 52.0 points (R+52.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,734 votes cast, 3,871 went Democratic and 12,566 went Republican.
When did Greencastle, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greencastle, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Greencastle, IN, Indiana?
Greencastle, IN, Indiana has a population of 37,280 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greencastle, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Greencastle, IN, Indiana is $78,378 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Greencastle, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Greencastle, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
