† 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
GroupPella, IAIowaUnited States
German24.0%30.5%12.5%
Dutch18.7%2.7%—
English11.9%10.2%9.5%
Irish11.5%12.8%9.4%
American4.8%4.6%5.3%
Italian2.8%1.6%4.8%
Norwegian2.7%4.1%—
Swedish1.6%1.9%—
Mexican1.5%5.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Asian Indian0.3%0.5%1.4%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Laotian0.2%0.2%—
Burmese0.2%0.3%—
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
Pella, IA
Iowa
United States
Median age
39.9
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
10.3%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.4%
18.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pella, IA
Iowa
United States
Median household income
$78,680
$75,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.2%
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.1%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pella, IA
Iowa
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.3%
9.2%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pella, IA
Iowa
United States
Catholic
5.4%
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.8%
10.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.7%
55.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
33.0%
15.8%
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.
Pella, IA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+4.2%
1896
+6.4%
1900
+0.0%
1904
−14.0%
1908
+2.0%
1912
+20.6%
1916
+11.1%
1920
−16.4%
1924
−25.2%
1928
−20.1%
1932
+30.6%
1936
+14.8%
1940
+9.0%
1944
+13.2%
1948
+18.3%
1952
−15.7%
1956
−12.4%
1960
−24.1%
1964
+33.8%
1968
−10.6%
1972
−16.8%
1976
+6.7%
1980
−8.7%
1984
−6.9%
1988
+7.8%
1992
−3.9%
1996
−0.9%
2000
−18.2%
2004
−20.5%
2008
−10.8%
2012
−13.1%
2016
−30.5%
2020
−33.7%
2024
−37.6%
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
30.3%Harris5,928
67.9%Trump13,289
1.8%
R+37.6
R+3.9
R+36.1
19,566
R
32.1%Biden6,178
65.8%Trump12,663
2.0%
R+33.7
R+3.3
R+38.2
19,232
R
30.5%Clinton5,482
60.9%Trump10,962
8.6%
R+30.5
R+17.3
R+32.5
17,991
R
42.4%Obama7,507
55.6%Romney9,828
2.0%
R+13.1
R+2.3
R+17.0
17,687
R
43.6%Obama7,421
54.4%McCain9,256
2.1%
R+10.8
D+9.7
R+18.0
17,030
R
39.4%Kerry6,574
59.8%Bush9,990
0.8%
R+20.5
R+2.3
R+18.0
16,696
R
39.8%Gore5,741
58.0%Bush8,358
2.1%
R+18.2
R+17.2
R+18.7
14,408
R
45.8%Clinton5,978
46.7%Dole6,100
7.5%
R+0.9
D+3.0
R+9.5
13,052
R
40.9%Clinton5,531
44.8%Bush6,062
14.3%
R+3.9
R+11.7
R+9.5
13,533
D
53.4%Dukakis6,922
45.7%Bush5,914
0.9%
D+7.8
D+14.7
D+15.5
12,954
R
46.3%Mondale6,313
53.2%Reagan7,259
0.5%
R+6.9
D+1.8
D+11.3
13,634
R
40.6%Carter5,490
49.3%Reagan6,665
10.1%
R+8.7
R+15.4
D+1.0
13,518
D
52.5%Carter6,226
45.8%Ford5,429
1.7%
D+6.7
D+23.5
D+4.7
11,857
R
40.3%McGovern4,643
57.1%Nixon6,583
2.6%
R+16.8
R+6.2
D+6.3
11,531
R
41.7%Humphrey4,618
52.4%Nixon5,791
5.9%
R+10.6
R+44.4
R+9.9
11,062
D
66.8%Johnson7,911
33.0%Goldwater3,903
0.2%
D+33.8
D+58.0
D+11.3
11,842
R
37.9%Kennedy4,547
62.0%Nixon7,444
0.1%
R+24.1
R+11.7
R+24.3
12,008
R
43.7%Stevenson5,316
56.1%Eisenhower6,830
0.2%
R+12.4
D+3.3
D+3.0
12,168
R
41.5%Stevenson5,196
57.2%Eisenhower7,165
1.2%
R+15.7
R+34.0
R+5.0
12,516
D
58.0%Truman6,300
39.7%Dewey4,312
2.4%
D+18.3
D+5.1
D+13.8
10,870
D
56.1%Roosevelt6,365
43.0%Dewey4,874
0.9%
D+13.2
D+4.1
D+5.7
11,338
D
54.2%Roosevelt6,915
45.2%Willkie5,763
0.6%
D+9.0
R+5.7
R+0.9
12,753
D
56.3%Roosevelt6,745
41.5%Landon4,975
2.2%
D+14.8
R+15.8
R+9.5
11,986
D
64.0%Roosevelt7,067
33.5%Hoover3,695
2.5%
D+30.6
D+50.7
D+12.8
11,034
R
39.2%Smith4,113
59.4%Hoover6,225
1.4%
R+20.1
D+5.1
R+2.7
10,487
R
22.4%Davis2,383
47.6%Coolidge5,058
29.9%
R+25.2
R+8.8
±0.0
10,615
R
40.2%Cox3,861
56.6%Harding5,435
3.2%
R+16.4
R+27.5
D+9.8
9,599
D
54.0%Wilson3,094
42.9%Hughes2,459
3.1%
D+11.1
R+9.6
D+7.9
5,732
D
43.3%Wilson2,276
22.7%Taft1,191
34.0%
D+20.6
D+18.6
D+1.1
5,255
D
48.1%Bryan2,739
46.1%Taft2,625
5.8%
D+2.0
D+16.0
D+11.6
5,692
R
39.1%Parker2,202
53.1%Roosevelt2,988
7.8%
R+14.0
R+14.0
D+5.7
5,632
O
48.5%Bryan2,950
48.5%McKinley2,950
2.9%
Tied
R+6.4
D+7.5
6,079
D
52.4%Bryan3,119
46.1%McKinley2,741
1.5%
D+6.4
D+2.2
D+12.4
5,952
D
47.9%Cleveland2,540
43.7%Harrison2,319
8.4%
D+4.2
—
D+2.5
5,307
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
30.7%4,341
69.2%9,799
14,160
2020
R
32.9%6,269
64.1%12,211
19,047
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+27.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+37.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 9.9 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Pella, IA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
24,505
7,280
8,675
8,546
4
2010
24,690
6,838
9,277
8,566
9
2012
24,555
6,258
9,821
8,455
21
2014
24,727
5,960
9,852
8,881
34
2016
24,509
5,795
10,221
8,406
87
2018
23,985
5,395
10,202
8,257
131
2020
24,757
5,814
11,148
7,625
170
2022
24,676
5,291
11,377
7,830
178
2024
25,275
4,793
11,807
8,480
195
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+269 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +590 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Pella, IA in Pella, IA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−40
2012
−14
2013
−300
2014
+188
2015
−181
2016
−23
2017
−83
2018
+147
2019
−23
2021
+48
2022
+223
2023
+72
2024
+307
2025
+269
Pella, IA sits in the Corn Belt. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.6 points.
A population of 33,642, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,680 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oskaloosa, IA and Beatrice, NE.
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In 2024, Pella, IA, Iowa voted Republican by 37.6 points (R+37.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,566 votes cast, 5,928 went Democratic and 13,289 went Republican.
When did Pella, IA, Iowa last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pella, IA, Iowa voted Democratic was 1988.
How many people live in Pella, IA, Iowa?
Pella, IA, Iowa has a population of 33,642 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pella, IA, Iowa?
Median household income in Pella, IA, Iowa is $78,680 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Pella, IA, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Pella, IA, Iowa from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
