† 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
GroupBrookingsOregonUnited States
English17.3%14.1%9.5%
German16.2%16.3%12.5%
Irish14.3%11.1%9.4%
Italian5.0%3.5%4.8%
Scottish3.3%3.0%1.3%
American3.3%4.3%5.3%
Norwegian3.1%3.1%—
French3.0%2.1%1.6%
Mexican8.0%11.5%11.3%
Guatemalan1.3%0.4%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.4%1.8%
Spanish0.6%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
Brookings
Oregon
United States
Median age
50.6
40.6
39.1
Age 18–24
2.6%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.5%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Brookings
Oregon
United States
Median household income
$74,933
$83,011
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.4%
36.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Brookings
Oregon
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.5%
15.3%
22.3%
Spanish
4.2%
9.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
1.0%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Brookings
Oregon
United States
Catholic
—
11.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
66.9%
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.
Brookings, Oregon
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−20.1%
2008
−15.0%
2012
−20.2%
2016
−27.6%
2020
−19.3%
2024
−17.9%
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
39.5%Harris1,460
57.5%Trump2,123
3.0%
R+17.9
D+1.3
R+16.5
3,695
R
39.0%Biden1,505
58.2%Trump2,250
2.8%
R+19.3
D+8.3
R+23.7
3,863
R
31.4%Clinton1,007
59.0%Trump1,892
9.6%
R+27.6
R+7.4
R+29.7
3,208
R
37.9%Obama1,102
58.2%Romney1,689
3.9%
R+20.2
R+5.2
R+24.1
2,904
R
41.0%Obama1,322
55.9%McCain1,806
3.1%
R+15.0
D+5.1
R+22.3
3,228
R
39.1%Kerry1,318
59.2%Bush1,995
1.7%
R+20.1
—
R+17.6
3,372
Brookings sits at the California border in Curry County, one of Oregon's most reliably Republican coastal pockets, where retiree in-migration and a small, aging population have kept voter rolls tilted well away from the state's urban Democratic base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 27.6 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.9 points.
A population of 6,703, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,933 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson and Benson.
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, Brookings, Oregon voted Republican by 17.9 points (R+17.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,695 votes cast, 1,460 went Democratic and 2,123 went Republican.
How many people live in Brookings, Oregon?
Brookings, Oregon has a population of 6,703 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brookings, Oregon?
Median household income in Brookings, Oregon is $74,933 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Brookings, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Brookings, Oregon from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
