† 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
GroupEvanstonIllinoisUnited States
German13.5%16.1%12.5%
Irish12.6%10.6%9.4%
Polish10.5%6.0%2.2%
Italian7.2%5.4%4.8%
English5.4%6.9%9.5%
American3.3%3.3%5.3%
Swedish1.8%1.5%—
Russian1.5%——
African American†13.3%12.1%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%0.3%0.2%
Mexican9.2%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.7%1.8%
Ecuadorian0.3%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Asian Indian2.9%2.1%1.4%
Chinese1.9%1.0%1.3%
Filipino1.7%1.0%0.9%
Korean0.8%0.4%0.4%
Pakistani0.5%0.3%—
Vietnamese0.4%0.2%0.6%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
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
Evanston
Illinois
United States
Median age
38.4
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
15.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.5%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Evanston
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$96,434
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.8%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
69.5%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Evanston
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
21.8%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
7.8%
14.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
2.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.2%
0.9%
1.1%
Other languages
2.0%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Evanston
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.
Evanston, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+69.4%
2008
+75.3%
2012
+72.0%
2016
+80.1%
2020
+83.3%
2024
+82.6%
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
90.9%Harris33,749
8.4%Trump3,100
0.7%
D+82.6
R+0.7
D+84.1
37,114
D
91.0%Biden36,519
7.6%Trump3,071
1.4%
D+83.3
D+3.2
D+78.9
40,150
D
87.3%Clinton34,038
7.2%Trump2,808
5.5%
D+80.1
D+8.1
D+78.0
38,972
D
85.2%Obama29,520
13.2%Romney4,581
1.5%
D+72.0
R+3.3
D+68.2
34,629
D
87.0%Obama31,046
11.6%McCain4,158
1.4%
D+75.3
D+5.9
D+68.0
35,701
D
84.6%Kerry27,433
15.2%Bush4,934
0.2%
D+69.4
—
D+71.8
32,424
Home to Northwestern University, Evanston consistently posts some of Cook County's highest voter-participation rates, and its dense mix of academics, longtime residents, and renters makes it a closely watched bellwether for suburban collar trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 82.6 points.
A population of 76,340, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $96,434 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oak Park and Shaker Heights.
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, Evanston, Illinois voted Democratic by 82.6 points (D+82.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 37,114 votes cast, 33,749 went Democratic and 3,100 went Republican.
How many people live in Evanston, Illinois?
Evanston, Illinois has a population of 76,340 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Evanston, Illinois?
Median household income in Evanston, Illinois is $96,434 — above the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Evanston, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Evanston, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
