† 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
GroupHermantownMinnesotaUnited States
German22.0%29.2%12.5%
Norwegian12.1%12.1%—
Finnish10.0%——
Swedish9.7%6.5%—
Irish9.0%9.9%9.4%
English7.0%6.6%9.5%
Polish5.0%3.7%2.2%
Italian4.3%—4.8%
Mexican1.7%3.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
African American†1.4%3.8%9.9%
Asian Indian0.2%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.5%1.3%
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
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
Hermantown
Minnesota
United States
Median age
38.7
39
39.1
Age 18–24
11.4%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.9%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hermantown
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$90,849
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.4%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.9%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hermantown
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.9%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
4.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hermantown
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
—
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.6%
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.
Hermantown, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+19.2%
2008
+20.7%
2012
+17.8%
2016
+6.9%
2020
+10.0%
2024
+8.4%
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
D
53.2%Harris3,226
44.8%Trump2,719
2.0%
D+8.4
R+1.7
D+9.8
6,067
D
54.1%Biden3,220
44.1%Trump2,623
1.8%
D+10.0
D+3.2
D+5.6
5,949
D
49.5%Clinton2,631
42.6%Trump2,266
7.8%
D+6.9
R+11.0
D+4.8
5,314
D
57.6%Obama3,017
39.7%Romney2,082
2.7%
D+17.8
R+2.8
D+14.0
5,239
D
59.6%Obama2,912
38.9%McCain1,902
1.5%
D+20.7
D+1.5
D+13.4
4,888
D
59.1%Kerry2,944
39.9%Bush1,988
1.1%
D+19.2
—
D+21.6
4,985
Hermantown has expanded steadily as families moved outward from Duluth, producing a voter mix that makes it a reliable bellwether in St. Louis County races where suburban and exurban preferences increasingly diverge.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.7 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.4 points.
A population of 10,218, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,849 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Portage and Ashland.
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, Hermantown, Minnesota voted Democratic by 8.4 points (D+8.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,067 votes cast, 3,226 went Democratic and 2,719 went Republican.
How many people live in Hermantown, Minnesota?
Hermantown, Minnesota has a population of 10,218 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hermantown, Minnesota?
Median household income in Hermantown, Minnesota is $90,849 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Hermantown, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hermantown, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
