† 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
GroupOberlinOhioUnited States
German20.0%22.3%12.5%
Irish12.7%12.3%9.4%
English9.9%11.0%9.5%
Italian7.6%5.8%4.8%
Polish6.8%3.2%2.2%
American5.8%5.6%5.3%
Hungarian3.2%——
Scottish2.2%1.5%1.3%
African American†10.7%10.5%9.9%
African0.7%0.6%0.5%
Puerto Rican5.2%1.2%1.8%
Mexican1.8%2.0%11.3%
Spaniard0.2%——
Asian Indian2.1%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.6%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
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
Oberlin
Ohio
United States
Median age
27.3
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
37.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.8%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Oberlin
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$81,308
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.1%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
53.8%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Oberlin
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.4%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
4.3%
2.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.5%
1.2%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.7%
0.4%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Oberlin
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.
Oberlin, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+77.2%
2008
+78.4%
2012
+77.5%
2016
+81.3%
2020
+77.7%
2024
+76.6%
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
D
88.1%Harris4,116
11.4%Trump535
0.5%
D+76.6
R+1.1
D+78.1
4,674
D
88.4%Biden4,059
10.7%Trump490
1.0%
D+77.7
R+3.6
D+73.2
4,594
D
89.4%Clinton4,726
8.1%Trump428
2.5%
D+81.3
D+3.9
D+79.2
5,285
D
87.5%Obama3,910
10.1%Romney450
2.4%
D+77.5
R+1.0
D+73.6
4,467
D
88.6%Obama4,738
10.2%McCain546
1.1%
D+78.4
D+1.2
D+71.2
5,345
D
88.5%Kerry4,382
11.3%Bush559
0.2%
D+77.2
—
D+79.7
4,952
Home to Oberlin College, this small Lorain County city turns out a heavily educated, left-leaning electorate that routinely posts Democratic margins exceeding 80% in presidential contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 76.6 points.
A population of 8,329, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,308 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New Paltz and University Heights.
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, Oberlin, Ohio voted Democratic by 76.6 points (D+76.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,674 votes cast, 4,116 went Democratic and 535 went Republican.
How many people live in Oberlin, Ohio?
Oberlin, Ohio has a population of 8,329 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oberlin, Ohio?
Median household income in Oberlin, Ohio is $81,308 — above the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Oberlin, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Oberlin, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
