† 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
GroupFlatwoodsKentuckyUnited States
English24.2%14.5%9.5%
American12.7%11.5%5.3%
Irish12.0%11.0%9.4%
German8.2%12.7%12.5%
Scottish2.5%2.0%1.3%
Welsh1.4%——
Scotch-Irish1.4%0.8%—
Italian1.1%2.0%4.8%
Mexican1.1%2.4%11.3%
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
Flatwoods
Kentucky
United States
Median age
38.2
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.8%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Flatwoods
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$59,972
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.5%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.8%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Flatwoods
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.9%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
3.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Flatwoods
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.
Flatwoods, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−5.8%
2008
−13.7%
2012
−17.5%
2016
−41.0%
2020
−37.7%
2024
−41.9%
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
28.5%Harris959
70.4%Trump2,368
1.1%
R+41.9
R+4.1
R+40.4
3,365
R
30.5%Biden1,074
68.2%Trump2,402
1.3%
R+37.7
D+3.3
R+42.2
3,520
R
27.5%Clinton860
68.5%Trump2,140
3.9%
R+41.0
R+23.5
R+43.1
3,123
R
40.3%Obama1,197
57.8%Romney1,716
1.9%
R+17.5
R+3.8
R+21.3
2,969
R
42.2%Obama1,323
55.9%McCain1,752
1.9%
R+13.7
R+7.9
R+21.0
3,134
R
46.7%Kerry1,531
52.5%Bush1,721
0.8%
R+5.8
—
R+3.3
3,279
Flatwoods sits in the industrialized Ashland metro corridor of northeastern Kentucky, a region that shifted sharply toward Republican presidential margins over the past decade as manufacturing employment and cultural identity realigned the electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 41.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.9 points.
A population of 7,269, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,972 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walnut Ridge and West Frankfort.
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, Flatwoods, Kentucky voted Republican by 41.9 points (R+41.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,365 votes cast, 959 went Democratic and 2,368 went Republican.
How many people live in Flatwoods, Kentucky?
Flatwoods, Kentucky has a population of 7,269 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Flatwoods, Kentucky?
Median household income in Flatwoods, Kentucky is $59,972 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Flatwoods, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Flatwoods, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
