† 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
GroupMedford, OROregonUnited States
English15.7%14.1%9.5%
German14.6%16.3%12.5%
Irish11.6%11.1%9.4%
Italian4.5%3.5%4.8%
American4.0%4.3%5.3%
Scottish2.8%3.0%1.3%
Norwegian2.8%3.1%—
French2.4%2.1%1.6%
Mexican11.9%11.5%11.3%
Spaniard0.7%0.4%—
Spanish0.6%0.4%—
Puerto Rican0.5%0.4%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
Filipino0.3%0.5%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.4%0.4%
Asian Indian0.1%0.7%1.4%
Chinese0.1%0.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.1%0.7%0.6%
Japanese0.1%0.3%0.2%
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
Medford, OR
Oregon
United States
Median age
42.8
40.6
39.1
Age 18–24
7.3%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.7%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Medford, OR
Oregon
United States
Median household income
$73,999
$83,011
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.4%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.7%
36.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Medford, OR
Oregon
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.4%
15.3%
22.3%
Spanish
7.6%
9.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Medford, OR
Oregon
United States
Catholic
7.4%
11.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.7%
12.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
71.9%
66.9%
51.5%
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.
Medford, OR
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−18.0%
1896
+25.5%
1900
−1.2%
1904
−36.7%
1908
−12.2%
1912
+23.5%
1916
+14.9%
1920
−25.6%
1924
−33.1%
1928
−52.4%
1932
+15.1%
1936
+19.1%
1940
−11.4%
1944
−12.5%
1948
−20.4%
1952
−35.5%
1956
−14.9%
1960
−9.4%
1964
+14.3%
1968
−19.7%
1972
−22.8%
1976
−1.7%
1980
−22.1%
1984
−23.9%
1988
−7.2%
1992
+0.6%
1996
−6.2%
2000
−15.2%
2004
−11.9%
2008
+0.0%
2012
−4.7%
2016
−8.6%
2020
−3.5%
2024
−6.4%
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
45.2%Harris54,065
51.6%Trump61,743
3.1%
R+6.4
R+3.0
R+4.9
119,572
R
46.8%Biden59,478
50.2%Trump63,869
3.0%
R+3.5
D+5.2
R+7.9
127,165
R
40.7%Clinton44,447
49.3%Trump53,870
10.1%
R+8.6
R+3.9
R+10.7
109,327
R
45.8%Obama44,468
50.5%Romney49,020
3.7%
R+4.7
R+4.7
R+8.5
97,127
D
48.6%Obama49,090
48.5%McCain49,043
2.9%
D+0.05
D+11.9
R+7.2
101,047
R
43.4%Kerry44,366
55.3%Bush56,519
1.3%
R+11.9
D+3.3
R+9.4
102,189
R
39.1%Gore33,153
54.3%Bush46,052
6.6%
R+15.2
R+9.0
R+15.7
84,796
R
39.7%Clinton29,230
45.9%Dole33,771
14.5%
R+6.2
R+6.7
R+14.7
73,647
D
37.8%Clinton29,146
37.2%Bush28,704
25.0%
D+0.6
D+7.8
R+5.0
77,096
R
45.3%Dukakis28,028
52.5%Bush32,516
2.2%
R+7.2
D+16.7
D+0.5
61,912
R
37.9%Mondale23,230
61.8%Reagan37,895
0.4%
R+23.9
R+1.8
R+5.7
61,359
R
33.9%Carter19,903
56.0%Reagan32,879
10.1%
R+22.1
R+20.4
R+12.4
58,740
R
46.5%Carter23,384
48.2%Ford24,237
5.2%
R+1.7
D+21.1
R+3.8
50,236
R
35.0%McGovern14,529
57.8%Nixon24,003
7.3%
R+22.8
R+3.1
D+0.4
41,561
R
36.5%Humphrey12,714
56.2%Nixon19,577
7.3%
R+19.7
R+34.0
R+19.0
34,842
D
57.2%Johnson19,486
42.8%Goldwater14,598
0.0%
D+14.3
D+23.7
R+8.2
34,084
R
45.2%Kennedy14,531
54.6%Nixon17,554
0.2%
R+9.4
D+5.5
R+9.6
32,157
R
42.5%Stevenson12,733
57.5%Eisenhower17,201
0.0%
R+14.9
D+20.6
D+0.5
29,934
R
32.1%Stevenson8,674
67.5%Eisenhower18,279
0.4%
R+35.5
R+15.1
R+24.7
27,060
R
38.5%Truman7,342
58.9%Dewey11,226
2.6%
R+20.4
R+7.9
R+24.8
19,072
R
43.2%Roosevelt6,668
55.7%Dewey8,598
1.0%
R+12.5
R+1.1
R+20.0
15,426
R
44.0%Roosevelt6,754
55.5%Willkie8,507
0.5%
R+11.4
R+30.5
R+21.4
15,339
D
54.0%Roosevelt7,520
35.0%Landon4,866
11.0%
D+19.1
D+4.0
R+5.2
13,914
D
55.1%Roosevelt7,519
40.0%Hoover5,459
4.8%
D+15.1
D+67.5
R+2.7
13,639
R
23.1%Smith2,463
75.4%Hoover8,053
1.5%
R+52.4
R+19.2
R+34.9
10,676
R
20.1%Davis1,840
53.3%Coolidge4,868
26.6%
R+33.1
R+7.5
R+7.9
9,141
R
34.2%Cox2,503
59.8%Harding4,382
6.0%
R+25.6
R+40.5
D+0.5
7,326
D
54.3%Wilson4,874
39.4%Hughes3,538
6.3%
D+14.9
R+8.6
D+11.7
8,978
O
39.7%Wilson2,079
16.2%Taft847
44.2%
Roosevelt +4.5
D+35.7
D+4.0
5,243
R
37.9%Bryan1,537
50.1%Taft2,032
12.0%
R+12.2
D+24.5
R+2.6
4,057
R
24.5%Parker798
61.2%Roosevelt1,992
14.3%
R+36.7
R+35.4
R+17.0
3,257
R
46.9%Bryan1,525
48.2%McKinley1,565
4.9%
R+1.2
R+26.8
D+6.3
3,249
D
62.1%Bryan2,354
36.6%McKinley1,387
1.2%
D+25.5
D+43.5
D+31.6
3,788
O
17.0%Cleveland466
35.0%Harrison959
47.9%
Weaver +12.9
—
R+19.7
2,737
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
46.4%48,071
50.9%52,714
103,664
2020
R
47.5%59,093
49.1%61,010
124,303
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+4.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+6.4
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.4 points.
165,335 registered voters · 2024 · up from 160,299 in 2022
Domestic migration in Medford, OR in Medford, OR: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,072
2012
+1,166
2013
+1,425
2014
+1,985
2015
+2,232
2016
+2,854
2017
+2,468
2018
+2,863
2019
+1,652
2021
+1,368
2022
−1,545
2023
−219
2024
+434
2025
+1,137
Medford anchors Jackson County, which has trended more conservative than Oregon's urban centers despite steady in-migration from California. Its retiree-heavy demographic and timber-era roots keep it competitive in a reliably blue state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.5 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 52.4 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.4 points.
A population of 222,645, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,999 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bend, OR and Truckee-Grass Valley, CA.
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In 2024, Medford, OR, Oregon voted Republican by 6.4 points (R+6.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 119,572 votes cast, 54,065 went Democratic and 61,743 went Republican.
When did Medford, OR, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Medford, OR, Oregon voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Medford, OR, Oregon?
Medford, OR, Oregon has a population of 222,645 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Medford, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in Medford, OR, Oregon is $73,999 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Medford, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Medford, OR, Oregon from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
