† 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
GroupClairtonPennsylvaniaUnited States
German13.4%21.6%12.5%
Irish10.2%14.8%9.4%
Italian8.7%10.6%4.8%
English5.1%8.3%9.5%
Polish4.6%5.4%2.2%
American1.6%4.4%5.3%
Slovak1.6%0.8%—
Scottish1.1%1.1%1.3%
African American†40.4%8.7%9.9%
African1.8%0.4%0.5%
Jamaican1.1%0.3%0.4%
Nigerian0.7%—0.2%
Mexican1.3%1.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%3.7%1.8%
Dominican0.3%1.4%0.7%
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
Clairton
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
41.5
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
4.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.5%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Clairton
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$36,538
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
33.0%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.2%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Clairton
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.3%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.2%
5.6%
13.6%
Other languages
1.5%
0.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Clairton
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
—
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
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.
Clairton, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+48.8%
2008
+48.3%
2012
+51.8%
2016
+39.6%
2020
+33.3%
2024
+34.0%
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
66.3%Harris1,713
32.3%Trump835
1.4%
D+34.0
D+0.7
D+35.5
2,583
D
66.0%Biden1,843
32.7%Trump913
1.4%
D+33.3
R+6.3
D+28.8
2,794
D
68.6%Clinton1,927
29.0%Trump815
2.4%
D+39.6
R+12.2
D+37.5
2,808
D
75.2%Obama2,317
23.4%Romney721
1.5%
D+51.8
D+3.4
D+47.9
3,083
D
73.5%Obama2,542
25.2%McCain871
1.3%
D+48.3
R+0.5
D+41.1
3,458
D
74.4%Kerry2,532
25.6%Bush871
0.0%
D+48.8
—
D+51.3
3,403
Clairton, home to one of the last active coke works in the U.S., has seen population fall by more than 70% since its mid-century peak, a demographic contraction that compressed its voter rolls and shifted its political center of gravity over successive cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.8 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.0 points.
A population of 6,044, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,538 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McKees Rocks and Duquesne.
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, Clairton, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 34.0 points (D+34.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,583 votes cast, 1,713 went Democratic and 835 went Republican.
How many people live in Clairton, Pennsylvania?
Clairton, Pennsylvania has a population of 6,044 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clairton, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Clairton, Pennsylvania is $36,538 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Clairton, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Clairton, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
