† 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
GroupMeadville, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German26.1%21.6%12.5%
Irish15.0%14.8%9.4%
English12.1%8.3%9.5%
American7.1%4.4%5.3%
Italian7.0%10.6%4.8%
Polish4.4%5.4%2.2%
Scottish2.1%1.1%1.3%
French2.0%—1.6%
Mexican0.6%1.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%3.7%1.8%
African American†1.0%8.7%9.9%
African0.3%0.4%0.5%
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
Meadville, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
44
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.7%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Meadville, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$60,476
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.3%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.1%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Meadville, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.7%
12.4%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
4.2%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Meadville, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
7.8%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
18.2%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.6%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.6%
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.
Meadville, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−6.5%
1896
+3.2%
1900
−4.6%
1904
−30.2%
1908
−13.8%
1912
+11.6%
1916
+2.6%
1920
−36.4%
1924
−45.9%
1928
−43.2%
1932
−7.3%
1936
−5.9%
1940
−21.7%
1944
−24.4%
1948
−21.4%
1952
−31.6%
1956
−33.7%
1960
−21.7%
1964
+26.0%
1968
−12.9%
1972
−31.6%
1976
−1.9%
1980
−15.4%
1984
−22.3%
1988
−13.8%
1992
−3.8%
1996
−5.5%
2000
−16.8%
2004
−15.5%
2008
−10.4%
2012
−19.7%
2016
−37.1%
2020
−37.2%
2024
−39.2%
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
30.0%Harris12,858
69.2%Trump29,685
0.5%Oliver214 +1
R+39.2
R+2.0
R+37.8
42,872
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican69.2%29,685
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic30.0%12,858
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%214
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%115
R
30.8%Biden12,924
68.0%Trump28,559
1.2%
R+37.2
R+0.2
R+41.7
42,004
R
29.0%Clinton10,971
66.1%Trump24,987
4.9%
R+37.1
R+17.3
R+39.2
37,813
R
39.0%Obama13,883
58.8%Romney20,901
2.2%
R+19.7
R+9.3
R+23.6
35,575
R
44.0%Obama16,780
54.4%McCain20,750
1.6%
R+10.4
D+5.1
R+17.7
38,134
R
41.8%Kerry16,013
57.3%Bush21,965
0.9%
R+15.5
D+1.3
R+13.1
38,322
R
39.8%Gore13,250
56.6%Bush18,858
3.7%
R+16.8
R+11.4
R+17.3
33,328
R
41.2%Clinton12,943
46.6%Dole14,659
12.2%
R+5.5
R+1.7
R+14.0
31,446
R
37.0%Clinton12,813
40.8%Bush14,112
22.2%
R+3.8
D+10.1
R+9.3
34,628
R
42.5%Dukakis13,021
56.3%Bush17,249
1.2%
R+13.8
D+8.5
R+6.1
30,628
R
38.5%Mondale12,792
60.8%Reagan20,181
0.7%
R+22.3
R+6.8
R+4.0
33,195
R
38.1%Carter11,778
53.6%Reagan16,552
8.3%
R+15.4
R+13.5
R+5.7
30,909
R
48.1%Carter14,712
50.0%Ford15,301
2.0%
R+1.9
D+29.7
R+4.0
30,610
R
32.8%McGovern9,371
64.4%Nixon18,393
2.8%
R+31.6
R+18.7
R+8.4
28,569
R
40.2%Humphrey11,345
53.1%Nixon14,991
6.7%
R+12.9
R+39.0
R+12.2
28,226
D
62.8%Johnson18,212
36.8%Goldwater10,664
0.4%
D+26.0
D+47.7
D+3.5
28,991
R
39.0%Kennedy12,050
60.7%Nixon18,754
0.3%
R+21.7
D+12.0
R+21.9
30,906
R
33.0%Stevenson9,346
66.7%Eisenhower18,887
0.4%
R+33.7
R+2.1
R+18.3
28,337
R
33.9%Stevenson9,874
65.5%Eisenhower19,079
0.6%
R+31.6
R+10.2
R+20.8
29,134
R
39.3%Truman9,174
60.7%Dewey14,161
0.0%
R+21.4
D+3.0
R+25.9
23,335
R
37.5%Roosevelt9,216
61.8%Dewey15,205
0.7%
R+24.4
R+2.6
R+31.8
24,591
R
38.9%Roosevelt10,197
60.6%Willkie15,891
0.5%
R+21.7
R+15.8
R+31.7
26,213
R
45.4%Roosevelt12,788
51.3%Landon14,463
3.3%
R+5.9
D+1.3
R+30.2
28,189
R
44.4%Roosevelt9,382
51.7%Hoover10,918
3.8%
R+7.3
D+35.9
R+25.1
21,111
R
28.0%Smith6,718
71.2%Hoover17,072
0.8%
R+43.2
D+2.8
R+25.7
23,989
R
17.2%Davis2,969
63.1%Coolidge10,918
19.8%
R+45.9
R+9.6
R+20.8
17,305
R
25.9%Cox4,175
62.3%Harding10,032
11.8%
R+36.4
R+39.0
R+10.2
16,099
D
46.8%Wilson5,814
44.2%Hughes5,487
9.0%
D+2.6
R+9.0
R+0.5
12,420
O
32.2%Wilson3,908
20.6%Taft2,497
47.3%
Roosevelt +15.1
D+25.4
R+7.9
12,147
R
38.8%Bryan5,668
52.6%Taft7,679
8.6%
R+13.8
D+16.4
R+4.2
14,605
R
28.9%Parker3,645
59.0%Roosevelt7,450
12.1%
R+30.2
R+25.6
R+10.5
12,620
R
45.4%Bryan7,000
50.0%McKinley7,705
4.6%
R+4.6
R+7.8
D+3.0
15,418
D
50.5%Bryan8,383
47.3%McKinley7,851
2.3%
D+3.2
D+9.7
D+9.3
16,611
R
40.8%Cleveland6,166
47.3%Harrison7,152
11.9%
R+6.5
—
R+8.2
15,122
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
31.3%13,370
66.1%28,234
42,714
2022
R
33.5%11,081
63.4%20,992
33,086
2018
R
39.0%11,720
59.3%17,813
30,035
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+32.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+39.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.4 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Meadville, PA in Meadville, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−325
2012
−468
2013
−172
2014
−267
2015
−555
2016
−197
2017
−452
2018
−668
2019
−447
2021
−278
2022
−479
2023
−163
2024
+111
2025
+23
Meadville anchors a mid-sized Pennsylvania metro where durable goods employment and a liberal-arts college electorate create an unusual demographic mix, producing competitive results that don't track cleanly with either urban or rural statewide patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 45.9 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.2 points.
A population of 82,716, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,476 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oil City, PA and Marietta, OH.
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In 2024, Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 39.2 points (R+39.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 42,872 votes cast, 12,858 went Democratic and 29,685 went Republican.
When did Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania?
Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 82,716 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania is $60,476 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.
