† 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
GroupBellefontaineOhioUnited States
German21.9%22.3%12.5%
English12.9%11.0%9.5%
Irish11.8%12.3%9.4%
American8.9%5.6%5.3%
Scottish2.9%1.5%1.3%
Italian2.8%5.8%4.8%
French1.7%1.2%1.6%
Dutch1.4%——
African American†3.3%10.5%9.9%
Mexican2.0%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.2%1.8%
Spaniard0.4%——
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
Bellefontaine
Ohio
United States
Median age
35.6
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
6.6%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.0%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bellefontaine
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$58,806
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.1%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.8%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bellefontaine
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.9%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
1.6%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bellefontaine
Ohio
United States
Catholic
—
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.2%
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.
Bellefontaine, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−19.8%
2008
−9.4%
2012
−11.3%
2016
−35.1%
2020
−38.3%
2024
−40.6%
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
29.3%Harris1,633
69.9%Trump3,892
0.8%
R+40.6
R+2.2
R+39.1
5,568
R
29.8%Biden1,681
68.2%Trump3,842
2.0%
R+38.3
R+3.3
R+42.8
5,637
R
29.7%Clinton1,540
64.7%Trump3,360
5.6%
R+35.1
R+23.8
R+37.2
5,190
R
42.6%Obama2,268
53.9%Romney2,869
3.6%
R+11.3
R+1.9
R+15.1
5,327
R
44.3%Obama2,570
53.6%McCain3,113
2.1%
R+9.4
D+10.4
R+16.6
5,806
R
40.0%Kerry2,180
59.8%Bush3,258
0.2%
R+19.8
—
R+17.3
5,451
Bellefontaine anchors a rural west-central Ohio county that has backed Republican presidential candidates by double-digit margins in recent cycles, with a shrinking but still-present industrial workforce that keeps union-household politics a quiet undercurrent.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 40.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.6 points.
A population of 13,807, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,806 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington Court House and Urbana.
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, Bellefontaine, Ohio voted Republican by 40.6 points (R+40.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,568 votes cast, 1,633 went Democratic and 3,892 went Republican.
How many people live in Bellefontaine, Ohio?
Bellefontaine, Ohio has a population of 13,807 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bellefontaine, Ohio?
Median household income in Bellefontaine, Ohio is $58,806 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Bellefontaine, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bellefontaine, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
