† 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
GroupElsmereKentuckyUnited States
German28.0%12.7%12.5%
Irish15.6%11.0%9.4%
English13.0%14.5%9.5%
American6.3%11.5%5.3%
Italian3.7%2.0%4.8%
French1.7%1.1%1.6%
Scottish1.7%2.0%1.3%
Polish1.3%—2.2%
African American†2.8%6.6%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Mexican2.3%2.4%11.3%
Guatemalan2.1%0.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.3%——
Filipino0.7%—0.9%
Asian Indian0.5%0.3%1.4%
Chinese0.5%—1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%—0.6%
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
Elsmere
Kentucky
United States
Median age
30.6
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
12.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.0%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Elsmere
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$60,503
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.6%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.3%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Elsmere
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.4%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.7%
3.4%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.0%
0.1%
0.5%
Other languages
2.1%
0.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Elsmere
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
—
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.7%
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.
Elsmere, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−15.3%
2008
−4.4%
2012
−5.0%
2016
−16.4%
2020
−11.6%
2024
−16.7%
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, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
40.7%Harris1,236
57.4%Trump1,742
1.9%
R+16.7
R+5.0
R+15.2
3,035
R
43.1%Biden1,380
54.7%Trump1,753
2.2%
R+11.6
D+4.7
R+16.1
3,204
R
38.2%Clinton1,117
54.6%Trump1,595
7.2%
R+16.4
R+11.4
R+18.4
2,923
R
46.5%Obama1,204
51.5%Romney1,333
2.0%
R+5.0
R+0.6
R+8.8
2,590
R
46.8%Obama1,342
51.2%McCain1,468
1.9%
R+4.4
D+10.9
R+11.7
2,865
R
42.0%Kerry1,157
57.3%Bush1,579
0.8%
R+15.3
—
R+12.8
2,757
Elsmere sits in the Border South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 16.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.7 points.
A population of 9,205, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,503 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Maryville and Atchison.
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, Elsmere, Kentucky voted Republican by 16.7 points (R+16.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,035 votes cast, 1,236 went Democratic and 1,742 went Republican.
How many people live in Elsmere, Kentucky?
Elsmere, Kentucky has a population of 9,205 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Elsmere, Kentucky?
Median household income in Elsmere, Kentucky is $60,503 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Elsmere, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Elsmere, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
