† 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
GroupHodgenvilleKentuckyUnited States
American16.3%11.5%5.3%
English14.3%14.5%9.5%
Irish11.9%11.0%9.4%
German8.3%12.7%12.5%
French2.7%1.1%1.6%
Scottish1.5%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.1%0.8%—
Welsh1.0%——
Mexican5.5%2.4%11.3%
Dominican0.7%—0.7%
African American†2.1%6.6%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
Hodgenville
Kentucky
United States
Median age
34.4
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
11.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.6%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hodgenville
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$57,739
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.1%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.9%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hodgenville
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.2%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
7.1%
3.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hodgenville
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.
Hodgenville, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−29.0%
2008
−26.5%
2012
−31.1%
2016
−46.2%
2020
−46.8%
2024
−50.2%
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, 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
24.2%Harris336
74.3%Trump1,034
1.5%
R+50.2
R+3.4
R+48.7
1,391
R
25.8%Biden364
72.6%Trump1,023
1.6%
R+46.8
R+0.5
R+51.2
1,409
R
24.7%Clinton304
70.9%Trump873
4.4%
R+46.2
R+15.1
R+48.3
1,231
R
33.4%Obama368
64.5%Romney711
2.1%
R+31.1
R+4.6
R+35.0
1,102
R
35.8%Obama418
62.3%McCain728
1.9%
R+26.5
D+2.5
R+33.8
1,168
R
35.1%Kerry394
64.1%Bush719
0.7%
R+29.0
—
R+26.5
1,121
Hodgenville draws visitors as the site of Abraham Lincoln's birth, but its roughly 3,400 residents make it a micro-market where local turnout swings and courthouse-square politics carry outsized weight in LaRue County results.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 50.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.2 points.
A population of 3,389, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,739 describe the city.
In 2024, Hodgenville, Kentucky voted Republican by 50.2 points (R+50.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,391 votes cast, 336 went Democratic and 1,034 went Republican.
How many people live in Hodgenville, Kentucky?
Hodgenville, Kentucky has a population of 3,389 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hodgenville, Kentucky?
Median household income in Hodgenville, Kentucky is $57,739 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Hodgenville, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hodgenville, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
