† 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
GroupElginIllinoisUnited States
Mexican40.1%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican3.0%1.7%1.8%
Colombian0.8%0.3%0.4%
Guatemalan0.6%0.3%0.5%
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
Salvadoran0.5%—0.7%
Spanish0.5%——
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
German13.1%16.1%12.5%
Irish8.1%10.6%9.4%
Italian5.6%5.4%4.8%
Polish5.5%6.0%2.2%
English4.8%6.9%9.5%
American2.0%3.3%5.3%
Swedish1.7%1.5%—
French1.1%0.7%1.6%
Asian Indian2.2%2.1%1.4%
Filipino1.6%1.0%0.9%
Chinese0.6%1.0%1.3%
Pakistani0.6%0.3%—
Korean0.4%0.4%0.4%
Laotian0.4%——
African American†5.0%12.1%9.9%
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
Elgin
Illinois
United States
Median age
36.7
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.6%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Elgin
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$90,282
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.8%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.0%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Elgin
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
48.1%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
39.8%
14.0%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.2%
2.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.9%
2.6%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.1%
1.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Elgin
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.
Elgin, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+5.7%
2008
+26.1%
2012
+19.0%
2016
+24.4%
2020
+25.0%
2024
+15.8%
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
57.2%Harris22,299
41.4%Trump16,132
1.4%
D+15.8
R+9.2
D+17.3
38,977
D
61.5%Biden25,462
36.5%Trump15,096
2.0%
D+25.0
D+0.6
D+20.6
41,404
D
59.1%Clinton21,779
34.7%Trump12,777
6.2%
D+24.4
D+5.4
D+22.4
36,822
D
58.7%Obama18,837
39.7%Romney12,726
1.7%
D+19.0
R+7.1
D+15.2
32,093
D
62.3%Obama21,566
36.2%McCain12,525
1.5%
D+26.1
D+20.5
D+18.8
34,613
D
52.2%Kerry15,752
46.5%Bush14,043
1.3%
D+5.7
—
D+8.1
30,174
Elgin's population is roughly 45% Hispanic, making it one of the most demographically transformed mid-sized cities in the Chicago metro, a shift that has steadily reshaped its local electoral coalitions over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.1 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.8 points.
A population of 114,934, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,282 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Aurora and Oxnard.
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, Elgin, Illinois voted Democratic by 15.8 points (D+15.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 38,977 votes cast, 22,299 went Democratic and 16,132 went Republican.
How many people live in Elgin, Illinois?
Elgin, Illinois has a population of 114,934 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Elgin, Illinois?
Median household income in Elgin, Illinois is $90,282 — above the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Elgin, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Elgin, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
