† 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
GroupLeitchfieldKentuckyUnited States
American15.7%11.5%5.3%
English14.6%14.5%9.5%
Irish10.1%11.0%9.4%
German9.2%12.7%12.5%
Scottish3.0%2.0%1.3%
Italian1.4%2.0%4.8%
Dutch1.0%——
Polish0.9%—2.2%
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
Leitchfield
Kentucky
United States
Median age
42
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.8%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Leitchfield
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$44,347
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.4%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.4%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Leitchfield
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.4%
6.8%
22.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.1%
0.3%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Leitchfield
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.
Leitchfield, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−37.4%
2008
−29.9%
2012
−36.8%
2016
−52.7%
2020
−59.1%
2024
−55.0%
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
21.9%Harris527
76.9%Trump1,848
1.2%
R+55.0
D+4.1
R+53.5
2,403
R
20.0%Biden531
79.1%Trump2,102
0.9%
R+59.1
R+6.4
R+63.6
2,658
R
21.5%Clinton456
74.3%Trump1,573
4.2%
R+52.7
R+16.0
R+54.8
2,118
R
31.0%Obama593
67.7%Romney1,297
1.3%
R+36.8
R+6.8
R+40.6
1,915
R
34.1%Obama693
64.1%McCain1,301
1.8%
R+29.9
D+7.5
R+37.2
2,031
R
31.1%Kerry642
68.5%Bush1,416
0.4%
R+37.4
—
R+35.0
2,067
Leitchfield functions as the commercial and civic center for surrounding Grayson County, a predominantly rural area where Republican margins in statewide races have widened consistently over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 59.1 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.0 points.
A population of 6,819, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,347 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sweetwater and Scottsboro.
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, Leitchfield, Kentucky voted Republican by 55.0 points (R+55.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,403 votes cast, 527 went Democratic and 1,848 went Republican.
How many people live in Leitchfield, Kentucky?
Leitchfield, Kentucky has a population of 6,819 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Leitchfield, Kentucky?
Median household income in Leitchfield, Kentucky is $44,347 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Leitchfield, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Leitchfield, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
