† 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
GroupHermitage, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German22.2%21.6%12.5%
Irish14.5%14.8%9.4%
Italian10.8%10.6%4.8%
English10.3%8.3%9.5%
American6.9%4.4%5.3%
Polish4.5%5.4%2.2%
Slovak2.4%0.8%—
Scottish2.0%1.1%1.3%
African American†5.4%8.7%9.9%
Puerto Rican0.6%3.7%1.8%
Mexican0.4%1.4%11.3%
Dominican0.4%1.4%0.7%
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
Hermitage, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
45.1
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.2%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hermitage, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$59,976
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.2%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.6%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hermitage, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.1%
12.4%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
2.2%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hermitage, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
13.0%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.9%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.2%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.1%
10.3%
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.
Hermitage, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−8.2%
1896
−13.5%
1900
−16.4%
1904
−33.5%
1908
−7.5%
1912
+17.0%
1916
+3.8%
1920
−35.2%
1924
−48.8%
1928
−46.3%
1932
−11.8%
1936
+5.9%
1940
−10.7%
1944
−8.3%
1948
−7.8%
1952
−11.9%
1956
−18.5%
1960
−9.1%
1964
+27.8%
1968
−0.6%
1972
−21.0%
1976
+5.3%
1980
−5.8%
1984
+0.9%
1988
+6.5%
1992
+14.4%
1996
+12.6%
2000
+1.4%
2004
−2.9%
2008
−0.3%
2012
−3.3%
2016
−24.2%
2020
−26.0%
2024
−30.2%
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
34.5%Harris20,145
64.6%Trump37,761
0.5%Oliver312 +1
R+30.2
R+4.1
R+28.7
58,410
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican64.6%37,761
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic34.5%20,145
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%312
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%192
R
36.4%Biden21,067
62.4%Trump36,143
1.3%
R+26.0
R+1.8
R+30.5
57,954
R
35.5%Clinton18,733
59.7%Trump31,544
4.8%
R+24.2
R+20.9
R+26.3
52,839
R
47.5%Obama24,232
50.8%Romney25,925
1.7%
R+3.3
R+3.0
R+7.2
51,039
R
49.1%Obama26,411
49.4%McCain26,565
1.6%
R+0.3
D+2.6
R+7.6
53,821
R
48.2%Kerry24,831
51.0%Bush26,311
0.8%
R+2.9
R+4.3
R+0.4
51,564
D
48.9%Gore23,817
47.5%Bush23,132
3.7%
D+1.4
R+11.2
D+0.9
48,732
D
50.2%Clinton23,003
37.6%Dole17,213
12.2%
D+12.6
R+1.8
D+4.1
45,779
D
46.7%Clinton23,264
32.3%Bush16,081
21.1%
D+14.4
D+7.9
D+8.9
49,836
D
52.9%Dukakis24,278
46.4%Bush21,301
0.7%
D+6.5
D+5.6
D+14.2
45,880
D
50.0%Mondale24,658
49.1%Reagan24,211
0.9%
D+0.9
D+6.7
D+19.1
49,303
R
42.8%Carter19,716
48.5%Reagan22,372
8.7%
R+5.8
R+11.1
D+4.0
46,090
D
51.9%Carter25,041
46.6%Ford22,469
1.5%
D+5.3
D+26.3
D+3.3
48,235
R
38.4%McGovern18,087
59.4%Nixon27,961
2.2%
R+21.0
R+20.3
D+2.2
47,100
R
46.5%Humphrey22,814
47.1%Nixon23,131
6.4%
R+0.6
R+28.4
D+0.1
49,105
D
63.7%Johnson32,199
35.9%Goldwater18,153
0.4%
D+27.8
D+36.9
D+5.2
50,563
R
45.3%Kennedy24,243
54.4%Nixon29,109
0.2%
R+9.1
D+9.4
R+9.3
53,480
R
40.6%Stevenson19,769
59.1%Eisenhower28,785
0.2%
R+18.5
R+6.6
R+3.1
48,674
R
43.7%Stevenson20,770
55.6%Eisenhower26,424
0.7%
R+11.9
R+4.1
R+1.1
47,537
R
44.9%Truman16,108
52.7%Dewey18,916
2.4%
R+7.8
D+0.5
R+12.3
35,886
R
45.6%Roosevelt16,589
53.9%Dewey19,606
0.6%
R+8.3
D+2.4
R+15.8
36,407
R
44.4%Roosevelt16,968
55.1%Willkie21,058
0.5%
R+10.7
R+16.6
R+20.6
38,215
D
51.8%Roosevelt20,879
45.9%Landon18,493
2.3%
D+5.9
D+17.7
R+18.3
40,311
R
41.7%Roosevelt10,961
53.5%Hoover14,057
4.7%
R+11.8
D+34.5
R+29.6
26,258
R
26.4%Smith8,204
72.7%Hoover22,599
0.9%
R+46.3
D+2.5
R+28.8
31,083
R
16.4%Davis3,688
65.3%Coolidge14,639
18.3%
R+48.8
R+13.7
R+23.7
22,420
R
25.1%Cox4,823
60.3%Harding11,575
14.6%
R+35.2
R+39.0
R+9.0
19,199
D
46.5%Wilson6,390
42.7%Hughes5,866
10.9%
D+3.8
R+13.2
D+0.7
13,751
O
31.8%Wilson4,039
14.7%Taft1,873
53.5%
Roosevelt +21.8
D+24.5
R+2.5
12,718
R
39.8%Bryan5,473
47.3%Taft6,497
12.9%
R+7.5
D+26.0
D+2.1
13,744
R
27.2%Parker3,845
60.7%Roosevelt8,574
12.1%
R+33.5
R+17.1
R+13.8
14,133
R
39.6%Bryan4,916
55.9%McKinley6,950
4.5%
R+16.4
R+2.9
R+8.8
12,425
R
42.1%Bryan5,500
55.5%McKinley7,262
2.4%
R+13.5
R+5.3
R+7.4
13,077
R
42.6%Cleveland4,931
50.8%Harrison5,874
6.5%
R+8.2
—
R+9.8
11,562
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
35.0%20,302
62.8%36,468
58,088
2022
R
37.6%17,080
59.5%27,049
45,427
2018
R
44.1%18,136
54.2%22,290
41,097
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+21.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+30.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 9.1 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Hermitage, PA in Hermitage, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−208
2012
−282
2013
−213
2014
−251
2015
−778
2016
−841
2017
−833
2018
−660
2019
−691
2021
+118
2022
+36
2023
−9
2024
+156
2025
+85
Hermitage sits in Mercer County along the Ohio border, part of a post-industrial corridor where union heritage and economic displacement have made it a persistent bellwether for working-class voter realignment in western Pennsylvania.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 48.8 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.2 points.
A population of 109,257, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,976 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH and Wheeling, WV-OH.
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In 2024, Hermitage, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 30.2 points (R+30.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 58,410 votes cast, 20,145 went Democratic and 37,761 went Republican.
When did Hermitage, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hermitage, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Hermitage, PA, Pennsylvania?
Hermitage, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 109,257 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hermitage, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Hermitage, PA, Pennsylvania is $59,976 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Hermitage, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Hermitage, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
