† 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
GroupStanfordKentuckyUnited States
American39.6%11.5%5.3%
English11.6%14.5%9.5%
Irish6.7%11.0%9.4%
German5.5%12.7%12.5%
Scottish1.7%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.5%0.8%—
Italian1.0%2.0%4.8%
French0.6%1.1%1.6%
African American†7.0%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
Stanford
Kentucky
United States
Median age
49.3
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
4.9%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
25.2%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Stanford
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$49,337
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.0%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.4%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Stanford
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.5%
6.8%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Stanford
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.
Stanford, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−25.3%
2008
−28.0%
2012
−30.5%
2016
−45.9%
2020
−36.1%
2024
−49.4%
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
24.7%Harris406
74.1%Trump1,219
1.3%
R+49.4
R+13.3
R+47.9
1,646
R
30.7%Biden509
66.8%Trump1,107
2.5%
R+36.1
D+9.8
R+40.5
1,658
R
25.1%Clinton342
70.9%Trump967
4.0%
R+45.9
R+15.3
R+47.9
1,363
R
33.9%Obama460
64.4%Romney874
1.7%
R+30.5
R+2.5
R+34.4
1,357
R
35.1%Obama469
63.1%McCain843
1.7%
R+28.0
R+2.7
R+35.3
1,335
R
36.6%Kerry478
61.9%Bush808
1.5%
R+25.3
—
R+22.8
1,305
Stanford functions as the commercial and administrative hub for Lincoln County, a rural stretch of central Kentucky where presidential margins have shifted sharply toward Republicans over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 49.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 13.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.4 points.
A population of 3,643, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,337 describe the city.
In 2024, Stanford, Kentucky voted Republican by 49.4 points (R+49.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,646 votes cast, 406 went Democratic and 1,219 went Republican.
How many people live in Stanford, Kentucky?
Stanford, Kentucky has a population of 3,643 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stanford, Kentucky?
Median household income in Stanford, Kentucky is $49,337 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Stanford, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Stanford, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
