† 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
GroupSanduskyOhioUnited States
German24.3%22.3%12.5%
Irish11.3%12.3%9.4%
English8.8%11.0%9.5%
Italian5.1%5.8%4.8%
American3.0%5.6%5.3%
Polish2.5%3.2%2.2%
French1.6%1.2%1.6%
Scottish1.5%1.5%1.3%
African American†21.0%10.5%9.9%
Jamaican0.5%—0.4%
Mexican2.9%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.3%1.2%1.8%
Colombian0.4%—0.4%
Ecuadorian0.4%——
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Spanish0.3%——
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
Sandusky
Ohio
United States
Median age
36.5
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
10.8%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.0%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sandusky
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$50,139
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.6%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.0%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sandusky
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.5%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
3.4%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sandusky
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.
Sandusky, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+35.6%
2008
+41.1%
2012
+41.4%
2016
+22.1%
2020
+19.2%
2024
+16.4%
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
57.7%Harris5,543
41.3%Trump3,967
0.9%
D+16.4
R+2.8
D+17.9
9,599
D
58.6%Biden6,030
39.4%Trump4,056
2.0%
D+19.2
R+2.9
D+14.7
10,291
D
58.6%Clinton5,866
36.5%Trump3,654
5.0%
D+22.1
R+19.3
D+20.0
10,018
D
69.2%Obama7,949
27.8%Romney3,197
2.9%
D+41.4
D+0.3
D+37.5
11,481
D
69.7%Obama8,383
28.6%McCain3,443
1.6%
D+41.1
D+5.5
D+33.8
12,023
D
67.7%Kerry7,737
32.2%Bush3,676
0.1%
D+35.6
—
D+38.0
11,423
Sandusky's economy once anchored by auto-parts and industrial work has shifted toward tourism and service jobs, driving demographic and voting-pattern changes that made Erie County one of Ohio's most closely watched bellwethers through the 2010s.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.4 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.
A population of 24,606, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,139 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Alton and Canton.
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, Sandusky, Ohio voted Democratic by 16.4 points (D+16.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,599 votes cast, 5,543 went Democratic and 3,967 went Republican.
How many people live in Sandusky, Ohio?
Sandusky, Ohio has a population of 24,606 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sandusky, Ohio?
Median household income in Sandusky, Ohio is $50,139 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Sandusky, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sandusky, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
