† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupWhitewater-Elkhorn, WIWisconsinUnited States
German33.4%35.8%12.5%
Irish13.4%10.4%9.4%
English9.2%6.7%9.5%
Polish8.2%7.6%2.2%
Italian5.2%2.7%4.8%
Norwegian4.9%6.1%—
American3.9%3.4%5.3%
Swedish3.2%——
Mexican10.1%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.1%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Spanish0.2%——
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
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
41.4
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
12.7%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.0%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$80,520
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.4%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.4%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.7%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
8.7%
5.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
16.3%
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.4%
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
58.9%
52.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.4%
8.4%
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.
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−26.0%
1896
−45.5%
1900
−47.0%
1904
−52.9%
1908
−32.8%
1912
+0.5%
1916
−23.2%
1920
−65.1%
1924
−48.3%
1928
−39.4%
1932
−7.2%
1936
−8.5%
1940
−35.8%
1944
−31.2%
1948
−31.8%
1952
−51.4%
1956
−54.0%
1960
−34.5%
1964
−2.0%
1968
−31.0%
1972
−34.2%
1976
−18.1%
1980
−23.3%
1984
−34.9%
1988
−19.7%
1992
−10.6%
1996
−5.5%
2000
−18.5%
2004
−19.8%
2008
−2.6%
2012
−12.3%
2016
−19.8%
2020
−19.2%
2024
−22.2%
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
38.2%Harris23,161
60.4%Trump36,603
0.5%Kennedy297 +7
R+22.2
R+3.0
R+20.7
60,597
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican60.4%36,603
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic38.2%23,161
Robert F KennedyNonpartisan0.5%297
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%185
OtherAll other candidates0.2%127
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%120
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%65
Claudia De La CruzNonpartisan0.0%18
Cornel WestNonpartisan0.0%16
Peter Sonski Lauren OnakNonpartisan0.0%5
R
39.6%Biden22,789
58.8%Trump33,851
1.7%
R+19.2
D+0.6
R+23.7
57,600
R
36.4%Clinton18,710
56.2%Trump28,863
7.4%
R+19.8
R+7.4
R+21.8
51,391
R
43.1%Obama22,552
55.5%Romney29,006
1.4%
R+12.3
R+9.7
R+16.2
52,303
R
47.9%Obama24,177
50.5%McCain25,485
1.5%
R+2.6
D+17.2
R+9.9
50,422
R
39.6%Kerry19,177
59.4%Bush28,754
1.1%
R+19.8
R+1.3
R+17.3
48,446
R
38.3%Gore15,492
56.8%Bush22,982
4.9%
R+18.5
R+13.0
R+19.0
40,458
R
40.3%Clinton13,283
45.8%Dole15,099
13.9%
R+5.5
D+5.1
R+14.0
32,961
R
32.1%Clinton11,825
42.7%Bush15,727
25.1%
R+10.6
D+9.1
R+16.2
36,796
R
39.8%Dukakis12,203
59.5%Bush18,259
0.7%
R+19.7
D+15.2
R+12.0
30,685
R
32.2%Mondale9,877
67.1%Reagan20,595
0.8%
R+34.9
R+11.6
R+16.7
30,710
R
33.6%Carter11,344
56.9%Reagan19,194
9.5%
R+23.3
R+5.2
R+13.5
33,730
R
39.7%Carter12,418
57.8%Ford18,091
2.5%
R+18.1
D+16.1
R+20.2
31,307
R
31.9%McGovern8,598
66.1%Nixon17,823
2.0%
R+34.2
R+3.2
R+11.1
26,967
R
30.9%Humphrey7,505
61.9%Nixon15,040
7.3%
R+31.0
R+29.0
R+30.3
24,315
R
48.9%Johnson11,746
50.9%Goldwater12,225
0.2%
R+2.0
D+32.5
R+24.6
24,009
R
32.7%Kennedy7,986
67.2%Nixon16,395
0.1%
R+34.5
D+19.6
R+34.6
24,401
R
22.6%Stevenson4,922
76.6%Eisenhower16,696
0.8%
R+54.0
R+2.7
R+38.6
21,790
R
24.2%Stevenson5,417
75.6%Eisenhower16,906
0.2%
R+51.4
R+19.6
R+40.6
22,372
R
33.3%Truman5,377
65.1%Dewey10,509
1.6%
R+31.8
R+0.6
R+36.3
16,151
R
34.1%Roosevelt5,696
65.3%Dewey10,901
0.5%
R+31.2
D+4.6
R+38.7
16,683
R
31.8%Roosevelt5,449
67.6%Willkie11,594
0.6%
R+35.8
R+27.3
R+45.8
17,154
R
44.1%Roosevelt7,093
52.7%Landon8,462
3.2%
R+8.5
R+1.3
R+32.8
16,066
R
45.7%Roosevelt6,790
52.9%Hoover7,858
1.4%
R+7.2
D+32.2
R+25.0
14,852
R
30.0%Smith4,253
69.4%Hoover9,846
0.7%
R+39.4
D+8.9
R+21.9
14,196
R
8.9%Davis1,162
57.2%Coolidge7,484
33.9%
R+48.3
D+16.7
R+23.2
13,080
R
15.6%Cox1,631
80.7%Harding8,437
3.7%
R+65.1
R+41.9
R+38.9
10,458
R
36.5%Wilson2,440
59.7%Hughes3,988
3.8%
R+23.2
R+23.7
R+26.3
6,685
D
36.4%Wilson2,125
35.9%Taft2,096
27.7%
D+0.5
D+33.3
R+19.0
5,841
R
29.4%Bryan1,960
62.2%Taft4,151
8.4%
R+32.8
D+20.0
R+23.3
6,673
R
20.6%Parker1,370
73.4%Roosevelt4,892
6.0%
R+52.9
R+5.8
R+33.2
6,663
R
24.4%Bryan1,742
71.4%McKinley5,102
4.2%
R+47.0
R+1.6
R+39.5
7,145
R
24.9%Bryan1,894
70.4%McKinley5,347
4.6%
R+45.5
R+19.5
R+39.4
7,594
R
32.5%Cleveland2,153
58.5%Harrison3,871
8.9%
R+26.0
—
R+27.6
6,615
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
38.1%22,882
59.5%35,692
60,028
2022
R
38.8%17,824
61.0%27,995
45,931
2018
R
44.9%20,299
54.9%24,844
45,216
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+88 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,841 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+313
2012
+68
2013
−188
2014
+288
2015
−869
2016
+2
2017
+234
2018
+730
2019
+366
2021
+139
2022
+623
2023
+229
2024
−182
2025
+88
Walworth County's mix of University of Wisconsin–Whitewater enrollment, resort-lake tourism along Geneva Lake, and deep agricultural roots produces split-ticket patterns that swing closer than statewide margins suggest.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 0.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 65.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.2 points.
A population of 105,657, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,520 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI and Rochelle, IL.
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How did Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 22.2 points (R+22.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 60,597 votes cast, 23,161 went Democratic and 36,603 went Republican.
When did Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 1912.
How many people live in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin?
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 105,657 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin is $80,520 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 33 went Republican.
