† 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
2 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
GroupRexburg, IDIdahoUnited States
English33.7%19.3%9.5%
German13.9%16.5%12.5%
American6.6%5.3%5.3%
Irish5.3%9.5%9.4%
Scottish4.8%3.2%1.3%
Danish4.6%——
Swedish3.0%1.9%—
Italian2.0%2.9%4.8%
Mexican7.8%11.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.3%1.8%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Argentinean0.2%——
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.2%——
Chinese0.3%0.2%1.3%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Hmong0.2%——
Taiwanese0.2%——
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
Rexburg, ID
Idaho
United States
Median age
25.2
37.6
39.1
Age 18–24
38.3%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
8.1%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rexburg, ID
Idaho
United States
Median household income
$62,707
$77,800
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.6%
10.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
37.9%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rexburg, ID
Idaho
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.7%
11.0%
22.3%
Spanish
6.6%
8.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rexburg, ID
Idaho
United States
Catholic
3.8%
11.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
1.2%
12.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
41.7%
50.2%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
53.0%
22.1%
2.0%
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.
Rexburg, ID
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1896–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1896
+84.9%
1900
−0.5%
1904
−47.3%
1908
−14.8%
1912
−16.9%
1916
+18.1%
1920
−31.0%
1924
−30.9%
1928
−2.8%
1932
+28.1%
1936
+35.5%
1940
+13.6%
1944
+10.4%
1948
+8.8%
1952
−31.5%
1956
−26.1%
1960
−12.7%
1964
−1.6%
1968
−40.9%
1972
−49.5%
1976
−40.2%
1980
−71.6%
1984
−78.1%
1988
−62.0%
1992
−41.5%
1996
−51.1%
2000
−75.9%
2004
−81.0%
2008
−69.4%
2012
−82.7%
2016
−52.2%
2020
−64.8%
2024
−65.6%
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
15.4%Harris3,721
81.0%Trump19,570
3.6%
R+65.6
R+0.8
R+64.1
24,166
R
15.4%Biden3,664
80.2%Trump19,107
4.4%
R+64.8
R+12.6
R+69.3
23,831
R
8.7%Clinton1,852
60.9%Trump13,031
30.5%
R+52.2
D+30.4
R+54.3
21,400
R
8.1%Obama1,642
90.8%Romney18,352
1.1%
R+82.7
R+13.3
R+86.5
20,214
R
14.2%Obama2,692
83.6%McCain15,831
2.2%
R+69.4
D+11.6
R+76.7
18,937
R
9.0%Kerry1,567
90.0%Bush15,658
1.0%
R+81.0
R+5.1
R+78.5
17,406
R
10.8%Gore1,515
86.7%Bush12,183
2.6%
R+75.9
R+24.8
R+76.4
14,058
R
18.5%Clinton2,330
69.6%Dole8,748
11.8%
R+51.1
R+9.6
R+59.6
12,563
R
12.9%Clinton1,644
54.4%Bush6,924
32.6%
R+41.5
D+20.5
R+47.1
12,717
R
18.3%Dukakis2,187
80.3%Bush9,598
1.4%
R+62.0
D+16.1
R+54.3
11,954
R
10.7%Mondale1,301
88.8%Reagan10,804
0.6%
R+78.1
R+6.5
R+59.9
12,172
R
13.1%Carter1,654
84.6%Reagan10,722
2.3%
R+71.6
R+31.4
R+61.9
12,667
R
27.8%Carter2,765
68.0%Ford6,771
4.2%
R+40.2
D+9.3
R+42.3
9,956
R
16.1%McGovern1,529
65.6%Nixon6,227
18.2%
R+49.5
R+8.6
R+26.4
9,486
R
22.4%Humphrey1,865
63.4%Nixon5,268
14.2%
R+40.9
R+39.3
R+40.2
8,313
R
49.2%Johnson3,919
50.8%Goldwater4,046
0.0%
R+1.6
D+11.1
R+24.2
7,965
R
43.6%Kennedy3,565
56.4%Nixon4,604
0.0%
R+12.7
D+13.4
R+12.9
8,169
R
36.9%Stevenson2,958
63.1%Eisenhower5,051
0.0%
R+26.1
D+5.3
R+10.7
8,009
R
34.2%Stevenson2,848
65.7%Eisenhower5,466
0.1%
R+31.5
R+40.3
R+20.7
8,319
D
54.1%Truman4,038
45.3%Dewey3,379
0.5%
D+8.8
R+1.5
D+4.4
7,458
D
55.2%Roosevelt4,043
44.8%Dewey3,282
0.1%
D+10.4
R+3.3
D+2.9
7,329
D
56.8%Roosevelt4,774
43.2%Willkie3,628
0.0%
D+13.6
R+21.8
D+3.7
8,405
D
67.3%Roosevelt5,359
31.9%Landon2,537
0.8%
D+35.5
D+7.4
D+11.2
7,958
D
63.9%Roosevelt4,942
35.8%Hoover2,770
0.3%
D+28.1
D+30.9
D+10.3
7,736
R
48.5%Smith3,161
51.3%Hoover3,344
0.2%
R+2.8
D+28.1
D+14.7
6,519
R
17.9%Davis1,131
48.9%Coolidge3,079
33.2%
R+30.9
D+0.1
R+5.7
6,302
R
34.5%Cox2,040
65.5%Harding3,877
0.0%
R+31.0
R+49.1
R+4.9
5,917
D
57.5%Wilson4,066
39.4%Hughes2,786
3.1%
D+18.1
D+35.0
D+15.0
7,074
R
27.8%Wilson1,911
44.7%Taft3,071
27.5%
R+16.9
R+2.1
R+36.4
6,871
R
39.6%Bryan2,854
54.4%Taft3,920
5.9%
R+14.8
D+32.5
R+5.2
7,201
R
23.3%Parker1,278
70.6%Roosevelt3,869
6.1%
R+47.3
R+46.8
R+27.6
5,483
R
49.2%Bryan2,153
49.6%McKinley2,174
1.2%
R+0.5
R+85.4
D+7.1
4,379
D
92.2%Bryan1,526
7.3%McKinley121
0.5%
D+84.9
—
D+91.0
1,655
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
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
11.6%1,452
79.4%9,932
12,516
2020
R
13.9%3,289
80.0%18,908
23,647
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+68.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+65.6
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.4 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Rexburg, ID
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2018
25,087
839
18,119
5,817
312
2020
28,765
1,318
20,393
6,608
446
2022
27,677
1,251
20,010
5,970
446
2024
27,718
1,325
20,175
5,791
427
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−981 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −10,682 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Rexburg, ID in Rexburg, ID: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−818
2012
−1,450
2013
−1,318
2014
−759
2015
−1,158
2016
−48
2017
−501
2018
−1,122
2019
−456
2021
+401
2022
+235
2023
−1,613
2024
−1,094
2025
−981
Brigham Young University-Idaho enrolls roughly half of Rexburg's population, making this small eastern Idaho metro one of the most demographically homogeneous and reliably lopsided voting areas in the Mountain West.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.9 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 82.7 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.6 points.
A population of 68,561, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,707 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cedar City, UT and Idaho Falls, ID.
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In 2024, Rexburg, ID, Idaho voted Republican by 65.6 points (R+65.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,166 votes cast, 3,721 went Democratic and 19,570 went Republican.
When did Rexburg, ID, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Rexburg, ID, Idaho voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Rexburg, ID, Idaho?
Rexburg, ID, Idaho has a population of 68,561 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rexburg, ID, Idaho?
Median household income in Rexburg, ID, Idaho is $62,707 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Rexburg, ID, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Rexburg, ID, Idaho from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
