† 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
GroupWooster, OHOhioUnited States
German25.5%22.3%12.5%
English11.7%11.0%9.5%
Irish10.0%12.3%9.4%
American6.3%5.6%5.3%
Italian4.6%5.8%4.8%
Polish2.2%3.2%2.2%
French2.1%1.2%1.6%
Scottish1.9%1.5%1.3%
Mexican1.3%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.2%1.8%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
African American†0.9%10.5%9.9%
Nepalese0.4%0.2%—
Asian Indian0.2%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.4%1.3%
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
Wooster, OH
Ohio
United States
Median age
38.9
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.9%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.1%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wooster, OH
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$73,574
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.4%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.1%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wooster, OH
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.1%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
2.7%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
10.8%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wooster, OH
Ohio
United States
Catholic
7.6%
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
25.9%
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.8%
52.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.1%
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.
Wooster, OH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+10.5%
1896
+12.0%
1900
+10.4%
1904
−6.2%
1908
+9.7%
1912
+33.1%
1916
+22.9%
1920
−7.0%
1924
−17.5%
1928
−49.2%
1932
+0.4%
1936
+10.0%
1940
−11.4%
1944
−17.8%
1948
−15.6%
1952
−36.5%
1956
−47.2%
1960
−38.2%
1964
+19.9%
1968
−24.1%
1972
−36.9%
1976
−12.6%
1980
−20.1%
1984
−36.4%
1988
−24.2%
1992
−10.5%
1996
−11.8%
2000
−26.2%
2004
−23.3%
2008
−14.6%
2012
−20.3%
2016
−33.9%
2020
−37.0%
2024
−39.3%
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
29.9%Harris15,898
69.2%Trump36,764
0.4%Oliver220 +3
R+39.3
R+2.2
R+37.8
53,150
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican69.2%36,764
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic29.9%15,898
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.4%220
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.3%136
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.2%122
OtherAll other candidates0.0%10
R
30.7%Biden16,660
67.7%Trump36,759
1.6%
R+37.0
R+3.1
R+41.5
54,283
R
29.6%Clinton15,031
63.5%Trump32,270
7.0%
R+33.9
R+13.7
R+36.0
50,845
R
38.4%Obama19,808
58.7%Romney30,251
2.9%
R+20.3
R+5.7
R+24.1
51,562
R
41.5%Obama21,712
56.1%McCain29,342
2.3%
R+14.6
D+8.7
R+21.9
52,276
R
38.2%Kerry19,786
61.5%Bush31,879
0.4%
R+23.3
D+2.9
R+20.9
51,848
R
34.8%Gore14,779
61.0%Bush25,901
4.1%
R+26.2
R+14.4
R+26.7
42,436
R
36.6%Clinton14,850
48.4%Dole19,628
15.0%
R+11.8
R+1.3
R+20.3
40,548
R
33.2%Clinton13,953
43.7%Bush18,350
23.1%
R+10.5
D+13.7
R+16.0
41,982
R
37.5%Dukakis13,571
61.6%Bush22,320
0.9%
R+24.2
D+12.3
R+16.4
36,208
R
31.4%Mondale11,323
67.8%Reagan24,475
0.8%
R+36.4
R+16.3
R+18.2
36,103
R
35.7%Carter12,129
55.9%Reagan18,962
8.4%
R+20.1
R+7.5
R+10.4
33,942
R
42.6%Carter13,087
55.2%Ford16,976
2.2%
R+12.6
D+24.3
R+14.7
30,754
R
30.8%McGovern9,260
67.7%Nixon20,368
1.5%
R+36.9
R+12.8
R+13.8
30,076
R
34.2%Humphrey8,891
58.3%Nixon15,151
7.4%
R+24.1
R+44.0
R+23.4
25,970
D
60.0%Johnson14,806
40.0%Goldwater9,890
0.0%
D+19.9
D+58.1
R+2.7
24,696
R
30.9%Kennedy9,511
69.1%Nixon21,273
0.0%
R+38.2
D+9.0
R+38.4
30,784
R
26.4%Stevenson6,984
73.6%Eisenhower19,469
0.0%
R+47.2
R+10.7
R+31.8
26,453
R
31.8%Stevenson8,414
68.2%Eisenhower18,074
0.0%
R+36.5
R+20.9
R+25.7
26,488
R
42.0%Truman8,868
57.6%Dewey12,152
0.3%
R+15.6
D+2.2
R+20.1
21,090
R
41.1%Roosevelt9,506
58.9%Dewey13,616
0.0%
R+17.8
R+6.3
R+25.3
23,122
R
44.3%Roosevelt10,748
55.7%Willkie13,525
0.0%
R+11.4
R+21.4
R+21.4
24,273
D
54.1%Roosevelt12,666
44.1%Landon10,331
1.8%
D+10.0
D+9.6
R+14.3
23,423
D
49.2%Roosevelt10,870
48.8%Hoover10,787
2.0%
D+0.4
D+49.6
R+17.4
22,097
R
25.4%Smith4,825
74.6%Hoover14,192
0.0%
R+49.2
R+31.7
R+31.8
19,024
R
36.3%Davis6,023
53.8%Coolidge8,928
9.9%
R+17.5
R+10.5
D+7.7
16,594
R
45.9%Cox7,751
52.9%Harding8,932
1.2%
R+7.0
R+29.9
D+19.2
16,890
D
60.2%Wilson5,930
37.3%Hughes3,676
2.4%
D+22.9
R+10.2
D+19.7
9,847
D
51.1%Wilson4,737
18.1%Taft1,674
30.8%
D+33.1
D+23.3
D+13.5
9,263
D
53.2%Bryan5,368
43.5%Taft4,388
3.3%
D+9.7
D+16.0
D+19.3
10,084
R
44.6%Parker4,165
50.8%Roosevelt4,748
4.6%
R+6.2
R+16.6
D+13.4
9,346
D
53.5%Bryan5,263
43.1%McKinley4,244
3.4%
D+10.4
R+1.7
D+17.9
9,845
D
55.1%Bryan5,588
43.1%McKinley4,369
1.8%
D+12.0
D+1.5
D+18.1
10,139
D
52.0%Cleveland4,702
41.5%Harrison3,752
6.5%
D+10.5
—
D+8.9
9,039
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
32.8%17,313
63.6%33,532
52,745
2022
R
33.4%12,832
66.6%25,599
38,450
2018
R
38.9%15,495
61.1%24,324
39,830
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Wooster, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
74,772
2018
75,115
2020
74,470
2022
73,514
2024
70,625
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−95 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,443 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Wooster, OH in Wooster, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−244
2012
−259
2013
−257
2014
−119
2015
−282
2016
−164
2017
−899
2018
−740
2019
−424
2021
−808
2022
+424
2023
−219
2024
−357
2025
−95
Wooster sits at the center of Wayne County, where a mix of Amish agricultural communities, light manufacturing workers, and a liberal-arts college student population produces one of Ohio's more unpredictable county-level margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 49.2 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.3 points.
A population of 116,588, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,574 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ashland, OH and Mount Vernon, OH.
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In 2024, Wooster, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 39.3 points (R+39.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 53,150 votes cast, 15,898 went Democratic and 36,764 went Republican.
When did Wooster, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wooster, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wooster, OH, Ohio?
Wooster, OH, Ohio has a population of 116,588 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wooster, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Wooster, OH, Ohio is $73,574 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Wooster, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Wooster, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
