† 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
3 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
GroupHailey, IDIdahoUnited States
German15.8%16.5%12.5%
English13.8%19.3%9.5%
American10.8%5.3%5.3%
Irish8.5%9.5%9.4%
Italian3.7%2.9%4.8%
Norwegian3.4%2.4%—
Scottish2.4%3.2%1.3%
French2.0%—1.6%
Mexican18.7%11.0%11.3%
Colombian1.0%0.2%0.4%
Spaniard0.6%0.4%—
Spanish0.5%0.4%—
Guatemalan0.4%0.2%0.5%
Peruvian0.4%0.2%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
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
Hailey, ID
Idaho
United States
Median age
43.9
37.6
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.5%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hailey, ID
Idaho
United States
Median household income
$87,729
$77,800
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.2%
10.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.2%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hailey, ID
Idaho
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.8%
11.0%
22.3%
Spanish
21.3%
8.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hailey, ID
Idaho
United States
Catholic
13.8%
11.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.4%
12.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.1%
50.2%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
10.3%
22.1%
2.0%
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.
Hailey, ID
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−34.6%
1896
+83.8%
1900
+25.0%
1904
−27.5%
1908
−9.1%
1912
+4.6%
1916
+10.1%
1920
−29.5%
1924
−22.9%
1928
−21.6%
1932
+20.0%
1936
+20.7%
1940
+6.1%
1944
+0.7%
1948
+2.8%
1952
−30.5%
1956
−18.9%
1960
−2.3%
1964
−6.0%
1968
−28.8%
1972
−35.5%
1976
−16.8%
1980
−24.2%
1984
−34.8%
1988
−14.6%
1992
+4.0%
1996
+4.3%
2000
−6.4%
2004
+5.7%
2008
+19.8%
2012
+9.2%
2016
+14.9%
2020
+21.7%
2024
+17.0%
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
D
57.0%Harris8,969
40.0%Trump6,294
3.0%
D+17.0
R+4.7
D+18.5
15,734
D
59.3%Biden9,482
37.6%Trump6,008
3.1%
D+21.7
D+6.8
D+17.3
15,984
D
52.7%Clinton6,886
37.8%Trump4,934
9.5%
D+14.9
D+5.8
D+12.9
13,061
D
53.2%Obama6,620
44.1%Romney5,482
2.7%
D+9.2
R+10.7
D+5.3
12,434
D
58.8%Obama7,679
39.0%McCain5,093
2.2%
D+19.8
D+14.1
D+12.5
13,059
D
52.3%Kerry6,597
46.5%Bush5,872
1.2%
D+5.7
D+12.1
D+8.2
12,618
R
42.9%Gore4,298
49.3%Bush4,936
7.8%
R+6.4
R+10.7
R+6.9
10,019
D
43.3%Clinton4,474
39.0%Dole4,030
17.6%
D+4.3
D+0.3
R+4.2
10,323
D
34.4%Clinton3,513
30.4%Bush3,101
35.2%
D+4.0
D+18.7
R+1.5
10,207
R
41.6%Dukakis3,208
56.2%Bush4,336
2.2%
R+14.6
D+20.1
R+6.9
7,717
R
31.9%Mondale2,480
66.7%Reagan5,178
1.4%
R+34.8
R+10.5
R+16.5
7,763
R
30.9%Carter2,447
55.1%Reagan4,370
14.0%
R+24.2
R+7.4
R+14.5
7,931
R
40.2%Carter2,379
57.0%Ford3,373
2.7%
R+16.8
D+18.7
R+18.9
5,914
R
30.3%McGovern1,648
65.8%Nixon3,577
3.8%
R+35.5
R+6.7
R+12.3
5,434
R
28.4%Humphrey1,283
57.2%Nixon2,580
14.4%
R+28.8
R+22.7
R+28.1
4,511
R
47.0%Johnson2,168
53.0%Goldwater2,446
0.0%
R+6.0
R+3.7
R+28.6
4,614
R
48.8%Kennedy2,357
51.2%Nixon2,470
0.0%
R+2.3
D+16.5
R+2.5
4,827
R
40.6%Stevenson1,904
59.4%Eisenhower2,790
0.0%
R+18.9
D+11.6
R+3.5
4,694
R
34.7%Stevenson1,819
65.2%Eisenhower3,417
0.0%
R+30.5
R+33.3
R+19.8
5,237
D
50.7%Truman2,208
47.9%Dewey2,085
1.4%
D+2.8
D+2.1
R+1.7
4,354
D
50.3%Roosevelt2,138
49.6%Dewey2,109
0.2%
D+0.7
R+5.4
R+6.8
4,254
D
53.0%Roosevelt2,826
46.8%Willkie2,500
0.2%
D+6.1
R+14.6
R+3.8
5,337
D
59.6%Roosevelt2,719
38.9%Landon1,775
1.4%
D+20.7
D+0.7
R+3.6
4,559
D
59.3%Roosevelt2,443
39.3%Hoover1,618
1.5%
D+20.0
D+41.6
D+2.2
4,121
R
38.9%Smith1,368
60.5%Hoover2,127
0.5%
R+21.6
D+1.3
R+4.1
3,514
R
22.0%Davis810
44.9%Coolidge1,650
33.0%
R+22.9
D+6.7
D+2.3
3,674
R
35.2%Cox1,264
64.8%Harding2,324
0.0%
R+29.5
R+39.6
R+3.3
3,589
D
52.4%Wilson2,914
42.3%Hughes2,352
5.2%
D+10.1
D+5.5
D+7.0
5,557
O
32.4%Wilson2,537
27.8%Taft2,179
39.8%
Roosevelt +7.4
D+13.6
R+15.0
7,835
R
40.9%Bryan2,053
50.0%Taft2,507
9.1%
R+9.1
D+18.5
D+0.5
5,015
R
32.6%Parker1,037
60.1%Roosevelt1,913
7.3%
R+27.5
R+52.6
R+7.9
3,182
D
61.6%Bryan1,700
36.5%McKinley1,009
1.9%
D+25.0
R+58.8
D+32.6
2,761
D
91.8%Bryan1,533
8.0%McKinley133
0.2%
D+83.8
D+118.4
D+89.9
1,670
O
0.1%Cleveland1
34.6%Harrison596
65.3%
Weaver +30.7
—
R+36.2
1,722
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
D
54.9%6,322
38.8%4,466
11,519
2020
D
58.9%9,365
38.2%6,085
15,913
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+10.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+17.0
Hailey, ID registers Republican but votes Democratic — a 27-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Hailey, ID
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2018
16,131
3,209
5,103
7,651
168
2020
18,517
4,626
5,761
7,951
179
2022
18,380
4,587
6,637
6,964
192
2024
19,050
5,014
6,937
6,904
195
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−348 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −418 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Hailey, ID in Hailey, ID: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−522
2012
−109
2013
−42
2014
−28
2015
−98
2016
+29
2017
+145
2018
+173
2019
−51
2021
+552
2022
+58
2023
−95
2024
−82
2025
−348
Hailey, ID sits in the Northern Rockies. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.8 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 35.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.0 points.
A population of 31,433, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,729 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hood River, OR and Edwards, CO.
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In 2024, Hailey, ID, Idaho voted Democratic by 17.0 points (D+17.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 15,734 votes cast, 8,969 went Democratic and 6,294 went Republican.
When did Hailey, ID, Idaho last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Hailey, ID, Idaho voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Hailey, ID, Idaho?
Hailey, ID, Idaho has a population of 31,433 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hailey, ID, Idaho?
Median household income in Hailey, ID, Idaho is $87,729 — above the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Hailey, ID, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Hailey, ID, Idaho from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
