† 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
GroupRalstonNebraskaUnited States
German28.8%31.0%12.5%
Irish14.8%11.7%9.4%
English10.0%9.4%9.5%
Italian4.4%2.1%4.8%
Polish3.7%2.7%2.2%
American3.1%3.5%5.3%
Czech3.1%3.4%—
Swedish3.0%3.1%—
Mexican17.6%8.7%11.3%
Guatemalan1.5%1.0%0.5%
Salvadoran1.5%0.6%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.3%1.8%
Cuban0.5%0.4%0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
Colombian0.3%—0.4%
Spanish0.3%0.2%—
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
Ralston
Nebraska
United States
Median age
37.3
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.1%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ralston
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$69,403
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.0%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.8%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ralston
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.3%
12.8%
22.3%
Spanish
17.5%
8.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ralston
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
—
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.8%
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.
Ralston, Nebraska
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−28.8%
2008
−6.5%
2012
−9.7%
2016
−8.7%
2020
+1.5%
2024
+0.0%
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
O
49.3%Harris1,555
49.3%Trump1,555
1.5%
Tied
R+1.5
D+1.5
3,156
D
49.7%Biden1,621
48.2%Trump1,573
2.1%
D+1.5
D+10.1
R+3.0
3,264
R
42.5%Clinton1,233
51.2%Trump1,484
6.3%
R+8.7
D+1.0
R+10.7
2,899
R
44.2%Obama1,286
53.9%Romney1,567
1.9%
R+9.7
R+3.2
R+13.5
2,908
R
45.9%Obama1,364
52.4%McCain1,557
1.6%
R+6.5
D+22.3
R+13.8
2,969
R
34.8%Kerry971
63.6%Bush1,776
1.6%
R+28.8
—
R+26.4
2,791
Ralston sits as an independent city surrounded by Omaha, drawing a blue-collar electorate that has tracked closely with Douglas County's broader suburban shifts over recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 1.5 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 28.8 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was a true tie.
A population of 6,472, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,403 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chalco and La Vista.
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, Ralston, Nebraska voted a near-tie (Tied), carried by a third-party candidate. Out of 3,156 votes cast, 1,555 went Democratic and 1,555 went Republican.
How many people live in Ralston, Nebraska?
Ralston, Nebraska has a population of 6,472 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ralston, Nebraska?
Median household income in Ralston, Nebraska is $69,403 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Ralston, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ralston, Nebraska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.
