† 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
GroupLa GrandeOregonUnited States
German16.7%16.3%12.5%
English15.1%14.1%9.5%
Irish9.1%11.1%9.4%
American5.8%4.3%5.3%
Scottish2.6%3.0%1.3%
Italian2.1%3.5%4.8%
Norwegian2.1%3.1%—
Danish1.7%——
Mexican4.7%11.5%11.3%
Spanish0.5%0.4%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Marshallese0.2%——
Chinese0.9%0.9%1.3%
Filipino0.5%0.5%0.9%
Korean0.4%0.4%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
La Grande
Oregon
United States
Median age
32.9
40.6
39.1
Age 18–24
16.1%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.7%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
La Grande
Oregon
United States
Median household income
$58,427
$83,011
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.8%
36.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
La Grande
Oregon
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.4%
15.3%
22.3%
Spanish
2.7%
9.0%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.0%
1.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
La Grande
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.
La Grande, Oregon
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−20.4%
2008
−10.2%
2012
−15.1%
2016
−21.6%
2020
−20.9%
2024
−20.4%
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
R
37.8%Harris2,349
58.3%Trump3,617
3.9%
R+20.4
D+0.5
R+19.0
6,208
R
37.9%Biden2,465
58.8%Trump3,823
3.3%
R+20.9
D+0.7
R+25.3
6,505
R
33.6%Clinton1,899
55.2%Trump3,122
11.2%
R+21.6
R+6.6
R+23.7
5,657
R
40.6%Obama2,178
55.6%Romney2,987
3.8%
R+15.1
R+4.8
R+18.9
5,370
R
43.5%Obama2,470
53.7%McCain3,050
2.7%
R+10.2
D+10.2
R+17.5
5,676
R
39.4%Kerry2,349
59.8%Bush3,564
0.8%
R+20.4
—
R+17.9
5,960
La Grande anchors Union County as the seat of Eastern Oregon University, producing a modest college-town demographic offset against the surrounding ranching economy — a tension that keeps local margins closer than the broader rural eastern Oregon baseline.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 21.6 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 20.4 points.
A population of 13,058, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,427 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lebanon and Ada.
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, La Grande, Oregon voted Republican by 20.4 points (R+20.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,208 votes cast, 2,349 went Democratic and 3,617 went Republican.
How many people live in La Grande, Oregon?
La Grande, Oregon has a population of 13,058 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in La Grande, Oregon?
Median household income in La Grande, Oregon is $58,427 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of La Grande, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in La Grande, Oregon from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
