† 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
GroupWintersetIowaUnited States
German30.2%30.5%12.5%
Irish16.4%12.8%9.4%
English12.4%10.2%9.5%
American4.6%4.6%5.3%
Norwegian4.3%4.1%—
Dutch3.7%2.7%—
Italian2.1%1.6%4.8%
Scottish2.0%—1.3%
Mexican1.7%5.0%11.3%
Salvadoran0.2%0.3%0.7%
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
Winterset
Iowa
United States
Median age
37.5
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.9%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.9%
18.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Winterset
Iowa
United States
Median household income
$67,708
$75,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.3%
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.0%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Winterset
Iowa
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.7%
9.2%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Winterset
Iowa
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
10.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
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.
Winterset, Iowa
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−6.4%
2008
−2.0%
2012
−0.8%
2016
−21.2%
2020
−22.6%
2024
−27.2%
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
R
35.7%Harris1,058
62.9%Trump1,864
1.4%
R+27.2
R+4.6
R+25.7
2,963
R
38.0%Biden1,110
60.6%Trump1,770
1.4%
R+22.6
R+1.4
R+27.0
2,921
R
36.2%Clinton939
57.3%Trump1,489
6.5%
R+21.2
R+20.4
R+23.3
2,597
R
48.5%Obama1,271
49.3%Romney1,292
2.3%
R+0.8
D+1.2
R+4.7
2,622
R
47.8%Obama1,309
49.8%McCain1,363
2.4%
R+2.0
D+4.4
R+9.2
2,739
R
46.7%Kerry1,190
53.1%Bush1,353
0.3%
R+6.4
—
R+3.9
2,550
Winterset sits at the center of Madison County, a reliably Republican-leaning exurban county where presidential margins have exceeded 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting the broader rural realignment across southwest Iowa.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 27.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.2 points.
A population of 5,416, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,708 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lawrenceburg and Rittman.
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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, Winterset, Iowa voted Republican by 27.2 points (R+27.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,963 votes cast, 1,058 went Democratic and 1,864 went Republican.
How many people live in Winterset, Iowa?
Winterset, Iowa has a population of 5,416 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Winterset, Iowa?
Median household income in Winterset, Iowa is $67,708 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Winterset, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Winterset, Iowa from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
