† 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
GroupShelton, WAWashingtonUnited States
German17.2%14.5%12.5%
English13.1%12.1%9.5%
Irish11.7%9.8%9.4%
Norwegian5.1%4.0%—
American3.9%3.8%5.3%
Scottish3.4%2.6%1.3%
Italian3.3%3.1%4.8%
Swedish2.3%1.8%—
Mexican6.3%10.8%11.3%
Guatemalan3.6%0.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.8%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
Colombian0.4%0.2%0.4%
African American†0.6%2.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.4%0.5%
Ethiopian0.1%0.3%—
Filipino0.3%1.5%0.9%
Asian Indian0.2%2.0%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%1.1%0.6%
Chinese0.1%2.2%1.3%
Korean0.1%0.9%0.4%
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
Shelton, WA
Washington
United States
Median age
44.7
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
6.6%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.3%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shelton, WA
Washington
United States
Median household income
$83,270
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.3%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.9%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shelton, WA
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.5%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.9%
9.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shelton, WA
Washington
United States
Catholic
8.9%
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.8%
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
73.5%
58.8%
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.
Shelton, WA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+0.5%
1896
+25.1%
1900
−5.9%
1904
−33.2%
1908
−24.1%
1912
+4.6%
1916
+0.9%
1920
−34.5%
1924
−39.3%
1928
−27.2%
1932
+30.4%
1936
+47.1%
1940
+31.6%
1944
+26.0%
1948
+16.8%
1952
+0.0%
1956
−2.4%
1960
+6.1%
1964
+36.7%
1968
+13.3%
1972
−10.5%
1976
+11.5%
1980
−10.9%
1984
−9.0%
1988
+2.6%
1992
+11.7%
1996
+14.2%
2000
+2.8%
2004
+3.6%
2008
+8.7%
2012
+7.0%
2016
−5.8%
2020
−3.9%
2024
−2.5%
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
46.9%Harris17,215
49.4%Trump18,127
1.8%Kennedy667 +8
R+2.5
D+1.4
R+1.0
36,689
All 11 candidates in 2024 · 9 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican49.4%18,127
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic46.9%17,215
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.8%667
OtherAll other candidates0.5%198
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%185
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%161
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%46
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.1%40
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%37
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%7
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%6
R
46.3%Biden17,269
50.2%Trump18,710
3.5%
R+3.9
D+1.9
R+8.3
37,303
R
41.4%Clinton11,993
47.2%Trump13,677
11.5%
R+5.8
R+12.8
R+7.9
29,003
D
51.8%Obama14,764
44.8%Romney12,761
3.4%
D+7.0
R+1.6
D+3.2
28,489
D
53.2%Obama15,050
44.5%McCain12,600
2.3%
D+8.7
D+5.1
D+1.4
28,306
D
50.8%Kerry12,894
47.2%Bush11,987
2.0%
D+3.6
D+0.8
D+6.0
25,394
D
48.4%Gore10,876
45.6%Bush10,257
6.0%
D+2.8
R+11.4
D+2.2
22,480
D
48.6%Clinton10,088
34.5%Dole7,149
16.9%
D+14.2
D+2.4
D+5.6
20,750
D
41.1%Clinton8,076
29.4%Bush5,776
29.4%
D+11.7
D+9.1
D+6.2
19,626
D
50.3%Dukakis7,826
47.8%Bush7,426
1.9%
D+2.6
D+11.5
D+10.3
15,545
R
44.8%Mondale7,007
53.7%Reagan8,410
1.5%
R+9.0
D+2.0
D+9.3
15,650
R
38.2%Carter5,241
49.1%Reagan6,745
12.7%
R+10.9
R+22.5
R+1.2
13,737
D
53.7%Carter6,060
42.1%Ford4,758
4.2%
D+11.5
D+22.1
D+9.5
11,291
R
42.6%McGovern3,907
53.1%Nixon4,873
4.3%
R+10.5
R+23.8
D+12.6
9,177
D
52.9%Humphrey4,540
39.5%Nixon3,397
7.6%
D+13.3
R+23.4
D+14.0
8,590
D
68.3%Johnson5,514
31.6%Goldwater2,549
0.1%
D+36.7
D+30.7
D+14.2
8,071
D
52.9%Kennedy4,183
46.9%Nixon3,703
0.2%
D+6.1
D+8.4
D+5.9
7,902
R
48.7%Stevenson3,840
51.1%Eisenhower4,026
0.3%
R+2.4
R+2.4
D+13.0
7,886
D
49.7%Stevenson3,830
49.7%Eisenhower3,827
0.6%
D+0.04
R+16.7
D+10.8
7,700
D
55.6%Truman3,613
38.8%Dewey2,524
5.6%
D+16.8
R+9.2
D+12.3
6,501
D
62.6%Roosevelt3,379
36.6%Dewey1,976
0.8%
D+26.0
R+5.6
D+18.5
5,397
D
64.8%Roosevelt3,465
33.2%Willkie1,775
2.0%
D+31.6
R+15.5
D+21.7
5,346
D
70.2%Roosevelt3,087
23.1%Landon1,015
6.7%
D+47.1
D+16.7
D+22.9
4,398
D
55.9%Roosevelt2,181
25.5%Hoover995
18.6%
D+30.4
D+57.6
D+12.6
3,902
R
35.8%Smith992
63.0%Hoover1,745
1.3%
R+27.2
D+12.1
R+9.7
2,772
R
9.7%Davis179
49.0%Coolidge902
41.3%
R+39.3
R+4.8
R+14.1
1,840
R
21.5%Cox383
56.0%Harding997
22.4%
R+34.5
R+35.4
R+8.3
1,779
D
45.2%Wilson779
44.3%Hughes764
10.5%
D+0.9
R+3.7
R+2.3
1,724
O
29.0%Wilson522
24.4%Taft439
46.6%
Roosevelt +17.5
D+28.7
R+14.9
1,798
R
32.5%Bryan318
56.6%Taft553
10.8%
R+24.1
D+9.2
R+14.5
977
R
30.3%Parker315
63.5%Roosevelt661
6.2%
R+33.2
R+27.3
R+13.6
1,041
R
45.5%Bryan455
51.4%McKinley514
3.1%
R+5.9
R+31.0
D+1.6
1,000
D
61.9%Bryan667
36.9%McKinley397
1.2%
D+25.1
D+24.6
D+31.1
1,077
D
42.5%Cleveland356
42.0%Harrison352
15.5%
D+0.5
—
R+1.2
838
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
49.4%17,593
50.2%17,865
35,620
2022
R
46.7%13,777
53.0%15,612
29,475
2018
R
47.8%13,220
52.2%14,416
27,636
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Shelton, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
41,060
2018
42,851
2020
47,853
2022
48,675
2024
50,823
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,384 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +9,876 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Shelton, WA in Shelton, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+84
2012
−284
2013
−342
2014
+76
2015
+334
2016
+1,025
2017
+1,481
2018
+1,537
2019
+1,258
2021
+1,364
2022
+921
2023
+383
2024
+655
2025
+1,384
Shelton sits at the edge of the Olympic Peninsula's timber economy and the Puget Sound commuter belt, producing a mixed electorate where working-class resource-industry voters and in-migrating suburban households have kept countywide margins competitive in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 39.3 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.5 points.
A population of 67,982, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,270 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Newport, OR and Astoria, OR.
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In 2024, Shelton, WA, Washington voted Republican by 2.5 points (R+2.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,689 votes cast, 17,215 went Democratic and 18,127 went Republican.
When did Shelton, WA, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Shelton, WA, Washington voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Shelton, WA, Washington?
Shelton, WA, Washington has a population of 67,982 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shelton, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Shelton, WA, Washington is $83,270 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Shelton, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Shelton, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
