† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupAlsipIllinoisUnited States
German10.2%16.1%12.5%
Irish9.5%10.6%9.4%
Polish7.9%6.0%2.2%
Italian5.4%5.4%4.8%
English4.1%6.9%9.5%
American2.5%3.3%5.3%
Swedish1.4%1.5%—
Russian1.1%——
Mexican21.5%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.9%1.7%1.8%
Ecuadorian0.6%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.5%0.3%0.5%
Colombian0.4%0.3%0.4%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.3%——
Honduran0.2%0.2%0.3%
African American†22.4%12.1%9.9%
African0.7%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%0.3%0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Asian Indian0.7%2.1%1.4%
Chinese0.5%1.0%1.3%
Filipino0.4%1.0%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.4%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
Alsip
Illinois
United States
Median age
39.1
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
8.9%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.9%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Alsip
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$66,585
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.1%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.7%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Alsip
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
24.8%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
20.0%
14.0%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.2%
2.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
2.6%
2.0%
Arabic
1.1%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Alsip
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
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.
Alsip, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+14.8%
2008
+30.0%
2012
+31.5%
2016
+26.9%
2020
+26.8%
2024
+14.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
56.6%Harris4,370
41.8%Trump3,224
1.6%
D+14.8
R+11.9
D+16.3
7,719
D
62.5%Biden5,238
35.7%Trump2,994
1.8%
D+26.8
R+0.1
D+22.3
8,384
D
61.0%Clinton4,707
34.1%Trump2,633
4.9%
D+26.9
R+4.6
D+24.8
7,721
D
65.0%Obama4,575
33.5%Romney2,360
1.5%
D+31.5
D+1.4
D+27.6
7,042
D
64.2%Obama4,799
34.2%McCain2,557
1.5%
D+30.0
D+15.2
D+22.7
7,470
D
57.3%Kerry4,241
42.5%Bush3,145
0.2%
D+14.8
—
D+17.3
7,401
Alsip sits along the Cal-Sag Channel in Cook County's industrial southwest fringe, where working-class demographics and proximity to Chicago have historically kept municipal and county contests competitive despite the region's Democratic lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.8 points.
A population of 18,583, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,585 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Midlothian and Blue Island.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Alsip, Illinois voted Democratic by 14.8 points (D+14.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,719 votes cast, 4,370 went Democratic and 3,224 went Republican.
How many people live in Alsip, Illinois?
Alsip, Illinois has a population of 18,583 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alsip, Illinois?
Median household income in Alsip, Illinois is $66,585 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Alsip, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Alsip, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
