† 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
GroupWalkerMichiganUnited States
German20.2%17.7%12.5%
Dutch16.9%3.0%—
English11.7%10.5%9.5%
Irish10.8%9.9%9.4%
Polish7.4%7.2%2.2%
Italian3.7%4.2%4.8%
American3.2%4.2%5.3%
French2.5%3.0%1.6%
Mexican3.9%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%—0.5%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Vietnamese0.9%0.2%0.6%
Asian Indian0.8%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.6%0.5%1.3%
Korean0.5%0.2%0.4%
Burmese0.5%——
African American†2.9%12.2%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
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
Walker
Michigan
United States
Median age
36.9
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.3%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.3%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Walker
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$76,360
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.6%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.6%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Walker
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.4%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
3.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
1.8%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Walker
Michigan
United States
Catholic
—
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
60.3%
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.
Walker, Michigan
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−25.9%
2008
−6.9%
2012
−17.8%
2016
−17.7%
2020
−7.2%
2024
−6.3%
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
45.9%Harris6,862
52.2%Trump7,805
1.9%
R+6.3
D+0.9
R+4.8
14,955
R
45.3%Biden6,589
52.6%Trump7,642
2.1%
R+7.2
D+10.5
R+11.7
14,533
R
37.8%Clinton4,728
55.5%Trump6,941
6.6%
R+17.7
D+0.1
R+19.8
12,499
R
40.3%Obama4,784
58.1%Romney6,904
1.7%
R+17.8
R+11.0
R+21.7
11,885
R
45.6%Obama5,648
52.5%McCain6,499
2.0%
R+6.9
D+19.1
R+14.1
12,390
R
36.7%Kerry4,400
62.7%Bush7,508
0.6%
R+25.9
—
R+23.5
11,983
Walker sits on the western edge of the Grand Rapids metro, where working-class manufacturing heritage and steady residential expansion have made it a competitive bellwether in Kent County's shifting electoral landscape.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 25.9 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.3 points.
A population of 25,386, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,360 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Northview and Grandville.
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, Walker, Michigan voted Republican by 6.3 points (R+6.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,955 votes cast, 6,862 went Democratic and 7,805 went Republican.
How many people live in Walker, Michigan?
Walker, Michigan has a population of 25,386 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Walker, Michigan?
Median household income in Walker, Michigan is $76,360 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Walker, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Walker, Michigan from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
