† 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
GroupKendallville, INIndianaUnited States
German26.0%19.5%12.5%
English11.2%11.3%9.5%
Irish7.9%10.1%9.4%
American6.4%6.9%5.3%
Polish2.6%2.6%2.2%
French2.5%1.3%1.6%
Italian1.6%2.4%4.8%
Scottish1.1%1.5%1.3%
Mexican10.0%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.8%1.8%
Spanish0.2%——
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
Kendallville, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
39.4
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kendallville, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$71,723
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.2%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.8%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kendallville, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
15.7%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
9.1%
5.5%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
4.8%
1.1%
0.5%
Arabic
1.3%
0.2%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kendallville, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
7.2%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.9%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
71.5%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.2%
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.
Kendallville, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+0.9%
1896
−4.6%
1900
−0.4%
1904
−13.5%
1908
−3.7%
1912
+22.9%
1916
−5.2%
1920
−23.8%
1924
−15.7%
1928
−20.1%
1932
+10.3%
1936
+1.9%
1940
−19.4%
1944
−26.4%
1948
−16.1%
1952
−32.3%
1956
−33.8%
1960
−21.0%
1964
+14.5%
1968
−12.4%
1972
−30.0%
1976
−7.8%
1980
−21.9%
1984
−32.8%
1988
−31.0%
1992
−10.7%
1996
−12.4%
2000
−30.1%
2004
−39.3%
2008
−15.4%
2012
−33.5%
2016
−48.5%
2020
−49.7%
2024
−51.4%
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
23.5%Harris4,462
74.9%Trump14,209
0.9%Kennedy166 +2
R+51.4
R+1.7
R+49.9
18,964
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican74.9%14,209
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic23.5%4,462
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.9%166
Chase OliverLibertarian0.7%125
OtherAll other candidates0.0%2
R
24.3%Biden4,660
74.0%Trump14,195
1.7%
R+49.7
R+1.2
R+54.1
19,190
R
22.8%Clinton3,904
71.3%Trump12,198
5.9%
R+48.5
R+15.0
R+50.6
17,104
R
32.1%Obama5,229
65.6%Romney10,680
2.2%
R+33.5
R+18.1
R+37.4
16,273
R
41.6%Obama7,064
57.0%McCain9,673
1.4%
R+15.4
D+23.9
R+22.6
16,974
R
30.0%Kerry4,703
69.3%Bush10,859
0.7%
R+39.3
R+9.1
R+36.8
15,679
R
33.9%Gore4,822
64.0%Bush9,103
2.0%
R+30.1
R+17.7
R+30.6
14,216
R
37.7%Clinton5,101
50.2%Dole6,782
12.1%
R+12.4
R+1.7
R+21.0
13,519
R
32.2%Clinton4,411
42.9%Bush5,883
24.9%
R+10.7
D+20.3
R+16.3
13,713
R
34.3%Dukakis4,143
65.3%Bush7,889
0.5%
R+31.0
D+1.8
R+23.3
12,089
R
32.9%Mondale4,237
65.7%Reagan8,459
1.3%
R+32.8
R+11.0
R+14.6
12,867
R
35.5%Carter4,721
57.4%Reagan7,624
7.1%
R+21.9
R+14.1
R+12.1
13,282
R
45.1%Carter5,875
52.9%Ford6,885
1.9%
R+7.8
D+22.2
R+9.8
13,013
R
34.8%McGovern4,250
64.7%Nixon7,916
0.5%
R+30.0
R+17.5
R+6.8
12,226
R
38.9%Humphrey5,075
51.3%Nixon6,699
9.8%
R+12.4
R+27.0
R+11.8
13,046
D
57.0%Johnson7,621
42.5%Goldwater5,682
0.4%
D+14.5
D+35.5
R+8.1
13,363
R
39.3%Kennedy5,264
60.3%Nixon8,069
0.4%
R+21.0
D+12.9
R+21.1
13,387
R
32.8%Stevenson4,028
66.6%Eisenhower8,175
0.5%
R+33.8
R+1.5
R+18.4
12,267
R
33.1%Stevenson4,151
65.4%Eisenhower8,203
1.5%
R+32.3
R+16.2
R+21.5
12,544
R
41.2%Truman4,676
57.3%Dewey6,503
1.5%
R+16.1
D+10.3
R+20.6
11,344
R
36.5%Roosevelt4,174
62.9%Dewey7,200
0.6%
R+26.4
R+7.0
R+33.9
11,448
R
40.1%Roosevelt5,014
59.5%Willkie7,443
0.5%
R+19.4
R+21.3
R+29.4
12,517
D
50.2%Roosevelt5,990
48.3%Landon5,760
1.6%
D+1.9
R+8.4
R+22.3
11,936
D
54.6%Roosevelt6,538
44.3%Hoover5,304
1.1%
D+10.3
D+30.4
R+7.5
11,968
R
39.7%Smith4,207
59.8%Hoover6,338
0.6%
R+20.1
R+4.4
R+2.6
10,605
R
40.0%Davis4,163
55.7%Coolidge5,793
4.2%
R+15.7
D+8.2
D+9.5
10,397
R
37.0%Cox4,148
60.8%Harding6,820
2.2%
R+23.8
R+18.6
D+2.4
11,213
R
46.1%Wilson3,069
51.3%Hughes3,417
2.6%
R+5.2
R+28.1
R+8.4
6,657
D
45.8%Wilson2,888
22.9%Taft1,443
31.3%
D+22.9
D+26.7
D+3.4
6,304
R
47.0%Bryan3,249
50.7%Taft3,507
2.3%
R+3.7
D+9.8
D+5.8
6,914
R
42.0%Parker2,785
55.6%Roosevelt3,683
2.4%
R+13.5
R+13.2
D+6.1
6,628
R
48.8%Bryan3,077
49.2%McKinley3,100
2.0%
R+0.4
D+4.3
D+7.2
6,303
R
47.2%Bryan3,071
51.8%McKinley3,372
1.1%
R+4.6
R+5.6
D+1.5
6,512
D
48.0%Cleveland2,879
47.1%Harrison2,823
4.9%
D+0.9
—
R+0.7
5,995
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
22.2%4,035
75.3%13,710
18,216
2022
R
21.1%2,425
75.8%8,696
11,476
2018
R
30.2%4,132
65.7%8,993
13,689
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Kendallville, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
31,126
2018
28,740
2020
29,498
2022
30,183
2024
31,769
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−217 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,699 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Kendallville, IN in Kendallville, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−258
2012
−235
2013
−80
2014
−58
2015
−42
2016
−317
2017
−187
2018
+4
2019
+12
2021
−225
2022
−239
2023
+35
2024
+108
2025
−217
Kendallville, IN sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 51.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.4 points.
A population of 47,495, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,723 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Plymouth, IN and Auburn, IN.
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In 2024, Kendallville, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 51.4 points (R+51.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,964 votes cast, 4,462 went Democratic and 14,209 went Republican.
When did Kendallville, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kendallville, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Kendallville, IN, Indiana?
Kendallville, IN, Indiana has a population of 47,495 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kendallville, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Kendallville, IN, Indiana is $71,723 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Kendallville, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Kendallville, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
