† 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
GroupNorwalk, OHOhioUnited States
German27.4%22.3%12.5%
English15.0%11.0%9.5%
Irish10.9%12.3%9.4%
American5.4%5.6%5.3%
Italian4.2%5.8%4.8%
Polish2.3%3.2%2.2%
Scottish1.7%1.5%1.3%
Dutch1.4%——
Mexican5.0%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.2%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%——
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
Norwalk, OH
Ohio
United States
Median age
40.1
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.6%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Norwalk, OH
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$67,878
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.2%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.7%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Norwalk, OH
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.4%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Norwalk, OH
Ohio
United States
Catholic
19.3%
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.2%
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
62.0%
52.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.8%
7.0%
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.
Norwalk, OH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−8.1%
1896
−8.9%
1900
−12.0%
1904
−35.2%
1908
−7.1%
1912
+19.4%
1916
+1.1%
1920
−35.6%
1924
−40.7%
1928
−34.8%
1932
+0.5%
1936
+1.0%
1940
−27.1%
1944
−32.1%
1948
−19.4%
1952
−43.5%
1956
−46.9%
1960
−23.9%
1964
+17.0%
1968
−16.6%
1972
−31.4%
1976
−9.1%
1980
−24.2%
1984
−36.7%
1988
−23.4%
1992
−6.3%
1996
+0.5%
2000
−19.2%
2004
−16.6%
2008
−3.2%
2012
−8.3%
2016
−35.6%
2020
−41.2%
2024
−44.0%
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
27.5%Harris7,496
71.6%Trump19,484
0.5%Oliver125 +3
R+44.0
R+2.9
R+42.6
27,216
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican71.6%19,484
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic27.5%7,496
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.5%125
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.2%61
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.2%46
OtherAll other candidates0.0%4
R
28.5%Biden7,759
69.7%Trump18,956
1.7%
R+41.2
R+5.5
R+45.6
27,190
R
28.4%Clinton7,192
64.0%Trump16,226
7.6%
R+35.6
R+27.4
R+37.7
25,343
R
44.2%Obama11,006
52.5%Romney13,060
3.3%
R+8.3
R+5.1
R+12.1
24,895
R
47.2%Obama12,076
50.4%McCain12,884
2.4%
R+3.2
D+13.5
R+10.4
25,582
R
41.3%Kerry10,568
58.0%Bush14,817
0.7%
R+16.6
D+2.6
R+14.2
25,558
R
38.3%Gore8,183
57.5%Bush12,286
4.2%
R+19.2
R+19.7
R+19.7
21,360
D
41.9%Clinton8,858
41.3%Dole8,750
16.8%
D+0.5
D+6.8
R+8.0
21,161
R
32.4%Clinton7,930
38.7%Bush9,480
28.9%
R+6.3
D+17.1
R+11.9
24,471
R
37.8%Dukakis7,794
61.2%Bush12,633
1.0%
R+23.4
D+13.3
R+15.7
20,642
R
31.2%Mondale6,609
68.0%Reagan14,388
0.8%
R+36.7
R+12.5
R+18.5
21,171
R
34.1%Carter6,537
58.3%Reagan11,173
7.6%
R+24.2
R+15.1
R+14.5
19,159
R
42.9%Carter7,742
52.0%Ford9,386
5.2%
R+9.1
D+22.3
R+11.2
18,066
R
31.7%McGovern5,491
63.1%Nixon10,942
5.2%
R+31.4
R+14.8
R+8.3
17,340
R
36.8%Humphrey6,515
53.4%Nixon9,456
9.8%
R+16.6
R+33.6
R+15.9
17,714
D
58.5%Johnson10,780
41.5%Goldwater7,655
0.0%
D+17.0
D+40.8
R+5.6
18,435
R
38.1%Kennedy7,534
61.9%Nixon12,261
0.0%
R+23.9
D+23.0
R+24.0
19,795
R
26.6%Stevenson4,418
73.4%Eisenhower12,208
0.0%
R+46.9
R+3.4
R+31.5
16,626
R
28.3%Stevenson4,875
71.7%Eisenhower12,372
0.0%
R+43.5
R+24.1
R+32.7
17,247
R
40.1%Truman6,073
59.5%Dewey9,004
0.4%
R+19.4
D+12.8
R+23.8
15,134
R
33.9%Roosevelt5,879
66.1%Dewey11,442
0.0%
R+32.1
R+5.0
R+39.6
17,321
R
36.4%Roosevelt6,741
63.6%Willkie11,758
0.0%
R+27.1
R+28.1
R+37.1
18,499
D
47.2%Roosevelt8,500
46.2%Landon8,318
6.7%
D+1.0
D+0.5
R+23.3
18,022
D
49.7%Roosevelt8,795
49.2%Hoover8,702
1.2%
D+0.5
D+35.3
R+17.3
17,701
R
32.4%Smith5,157
67.2%Hoover10,702
0.4%
R+34.8
D+5.9
R+17.3
15,930
R
21.4%Davis2,871
62.1%Coolidge8,340
16.5%
R+40.7
R+5.2
R+15.6
13,425
R
31.6%Cox4,398
67.2%Harding9,348
1.2%
R+35.6
R+36.6
R+9.4
13,915
D
49.4%Wilson4,136
48.3%Hughes4,048
2.3%
D+1.1
R+18.4
R+2.1
8,380
D
40.0%Wilson3,317
20.6%Taft1,707
39.3%
D+19.4
D+26.6
R+0.1
8,283
R
45.6%Bryan4,262
52.7%Taft4,930
1.7%
R+7.1
D+28.1
D+2.4
9,350
R
30.9%Parker2,622
66.1%Roosevelt5,613
3.0%
R+35.2
R+23.2
R+15.6
8,490
R
43.1%Bryan3,906
55.1%McKinley4,993
1.7%
R+12.0
R+3.1
R+4.5
9,055
R
45.1%Bryan4,185
54.0%McKinley5,008
0.9%
R+8.9
R+0.8
R+2.8
9,277
R
43.8%Cleveland3,592
51.9%Harrison4,257
4.3%
R+8.1
—
R+9.8
8,198
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
31.5%8,452
63.7%17,090
26,831
2022
R
32.5%5,998
67.2%12,398
18,438
2018
R
44.0%8,274
56.0%10,522
18,796
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Norwalk, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
35,732
2018
36,408
2020
36,886
2022
36,581
2024
36,967
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−19 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −3,055 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Norwalk, OH in Norwalk, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−403
2012
−350
2013
−584
2014
−372
2015
−465
2016
−150
2017
−132
2018
−137
2019
−202
2021
+13
2022
−144
2023
−8
2024
−102
2025
−19
Huron County's economy still leans on light manufacturing and agriculture, and the Norwalk metro consistently posts some of the more lopsided countywide margins in northwest Ohio, reflecting a working-class electorate with deep roots in the region.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 46.9 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.0 points.
A population of 58,319, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,878 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tiffin, OH and Zanesville, OH.
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In 2024, Norwalk, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 44.0 points (R+44.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,216 votes cast, 7,496 went Democratic and 19,484 went Republican.
When did Norwalk, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Norwalk, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Norwalk, OH, Ohio?
Norwalk, OH, Ohio has a population of 58,319 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Norwalk, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Norwalk, OH, Ohio is $67,878 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Norwalk, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Norwalk, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
