† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 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
GroupHermiston-Pendleton, OROregonUnited States
German12.1%16.3%12.5%
English10.3%14.1%9.5%
Irish8.1%11.1%9.4%
American5.2%4.3%5.3%
Scottish2.7%3.0%1.3%
Italian2.4%3.5%4.8%
Norwegian2.3%3.1%—
French1.6%2.1%1.6%
Mexican26.7%11.5%11.3%
Guatemalan1.1%0.4%0.5%
Spanish0.9%0.4%—
Spaniard0.3%0.4%—
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Maya0.2%——
Aztec0.2%——
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
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR
Oregon
United States
Median age
36.8
40.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.5%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR
Oregon
United States
Median household income
$68,757
$83,011
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.0%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.2%
36.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR
Oregon
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
24.6%
15.3%
22.3%
Spanish
23.5%
9.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR
Oregon
United States
Catholic
14.2%
11.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.1%
12.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.6%
66.9%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
7.0%
3.5%
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.
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−25.5%
1896
+3.5%
1900
−14.2%
1904
−45.9%
1908
−22.1%
1912
+2.4%
1916
+9.9%
1920
−23.9%
1924
−13.3%
1928
−36.3%
1932
+29.1%
1936
+30.8%
1940
−0.3%
1944
−2.7%
1948
+1.9%
1952
−19.8%
1956
−11.3%
1960
−6.6%
1964
+28.5%
1968
−15.5%
1972
−23.5%
1976
−6.3%
1980
−24.3%
1984
−26.4%
1988
−9.5%
1992
−1.4%
1996
−3.6%
2000
−27.6%
2004
−31.4%
2008
−23.2%
2012
−28.6%
2016
−34.9%
2020
−33.5%
2024
−38.9%
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
28.9%Harris10,389
67.8%Trump24,381
3.3%
R+38.9
R+5.4
R+37.4
35,957
R
31.7%Biden12,078
65.1%Trump24,856
3.2%
R+33.5
D+1.4
R+37.9
38,156
R
27.4%Clinton8,690
62.3%Trump19,780
10.4%
R+34.9
R+6.3
R+37.0
31,764
R
33.9%Obama9,786
62.5%Romney18,031
3.6%
R+28.6
R+5.4
R+32.4
28,851
R
36.8%Obama10,894
60.0%McCain17,763
3.1%
R+23.2
D+8.1
R+30.5
29,581
R
33.6%Kerry10,245
65.0%Bush19,800
1.4%
R+31.4
R+3.8
R+28.9
30,471
R
33.8%Gore9,006
61.4%Bush16,364
4.9%
R+27.6
R+24.0
R+28.1
26,669
R
41.1%Clinton10,200
44.6%Dole11,084
14.3%
R+3.6
R+2.2
R+12.1
24,826
R
34.4%Clinton7,961
35.8%Bush8,282
29.7%
R+1.4
D+8.1
R+6.9
23,117
R
44.2%Dukakis9,702
53.7%Bush11,783
2.1%
R+9.5
D+16.9
R+1.8
21,951
R
36.7%Mondale9,500
63.1%Reagan16,341
0.3%
R+26.4
R+2.1
R+8.2
25,911
R
33.1%Carter8,459
57.4%Reagan14,678
9.5%
R+24.3
R+18.0
R+14.6
25,555
R
44.8%Carter9,147
51.2%Ford10,436
4.0%
R+6.3
D+17.2
R+8.4
20,398
R
33.9%McGovern6,808
57.4%Nixon11,529
8.7%
R+23.5
R+8.0
R+0.4
20,078
R
39.2%Humphrey7,199
54.7%Nixon10,043
6.0%
R+15.5
R+44.0
R+14.8
18,346
D
64.1%Johnson12,159
35.7%Goldwater6,765
0.2%
D+28.5
D+35.1
D+5.9
18,956
R
46.7%Kennedy9,092
53.3%Nixon10,377
0.0%
R+6.6
D+4.7
R+6.8
19,475
R
44.4%Stevenson8,571
55.6%Eisenhower10,746
0.0%
R+11.3
D+8.5
D+4.1
19,317
R
40.0%Stevenson7,884
59.8%Eisenhower11,783
0.2%
R+19.8
R+21.7
R+9.0
19,712
D
50.3%Truman6,729
48.4%Dewey6,477
1.3%
D+1.9
D+4.6
R+2.6
13,383
R
48.4%Roosevelt5,803
51.1%Dewey6,126
0.5%
R+2.7
R+2.4
R+10.2
11,987
R
49.7%Roosevelt5,914
50.0%Willkie5,951
0.4%
R+0.3
R+31.1
R+10.3
11,909
D
61.4%Roosevelt6,934
30.7%Landon3,461
7.9%
D+30.8
D+1.7
D+6.5
11,285
D
62.6%Roosevelt6,560
33.5%Hoover3,509
3.9%
D+29.1
D+65.4
D+11.3
10,478
R
31.0%Smith2,933
67.3%Hoover6,370
1.7%
R+36.3
R+23.0
R+18.8
9,465
R
32.9%Davis3,449
46.2%Coolidge4,845
20.8%
R+13.3
D+10.5
D+11.9
10,478
R
36.0%Cox3,706
59.8%Harding6,165
4.2%
R+23.9
R+33.8
D+2.3
10,305
D
52.5%Wilson5,436
42.6%Hughes4,412
4.9%
D+9.9
D+7.5
D+6.7
10,352
D
34.3%Wilson1,838
31.9%Taft1,708
33.8%
D+2.4
D+24.5
R+17.1
5,354
R
34.8%Bryan1,840
57.0%Taft3,008
8.2%
R+22.1
D+23.8
R+12.6
5,280
R
20.1%Parker1,070
66.0%Roosevelt3,517
14.0%
R+45.9
R+31.7
R+26.2
5,331
R
40.3%Bryan1,996
54.5%McKinley2,698
5.1%
R+14.2
R+17.7
R+6.6
4,948
D
51.0%Bryan2,627
47.5%McKinley2,445
1.5%
D+3.5
D+29.1
D+9.6
5,151
R
16.4%Cleveland750
41.9%Harrison1,916
41.6%
R+25.5
—
R+27.2
4,568
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
30.7%8,877
66.8%19,288
28,879
2020
R
34.4%12,811
62.3%23,200
37,229
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+16.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+38.9
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 22 points more Democratic.
58,690 registered voters · 2024 · up from 56,271 in 2022
Domestic migration in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+150
2012
−290
2013
−641
2014
−844
2015
−599
2016
−181
2017
−146
2018
+13
2019
+363
2021
−224
2022
−128
2023
−219
2024
+213
2025
+85
Straddling the Columbia Plateau, this metro anchors Umatilla County's irrigated farming economy — onions, potatoes, and beef — and has voted Republican at the presidential level by roughly 30-point margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 45.9 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.9 points.
A population of 92,240, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,757 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Moses Lake, WA and Red Bluff, CA.
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How did Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon voted Republican by 38.9 points (R+38.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 35,957 votes cast, 10,389 went Democratic and 24,381 went Republican.
When did Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon?
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon has a population of 92,240 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon is $68,757 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Hermiston-Pendleton, OR, Oregon from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
