† 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
GroupMcKees RocksPennsylvaniaUnited States
German16.0%21.6%12.5%
Irish12.2%14.8%9.4%
Italian10.4%10.6%4.8%
English6.0%8.3%9.5%
Polish5.5%5.4%2.2%
American1.9%4.4%5.3%
Slovak1.9%0.8%—
Scottish1.3%1.1%1.3%
African American†20.1%8.7%9.9%
African0.9%0.4%0.5%
Jamaican0.5%0.3%0.4%
Nigerian0.4%—0.2%
Mexican1.8%1.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%3.7%1.8%
Dominican0.4%1.4%0.7%
Spanish0.4%——
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
McKees Rocks
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
40.9
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
3.5%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.2%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
McKees Rocks
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$41,131
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
32.1%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
9.1%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
McKees Rocks
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.1%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.5%
5.6%
13.6%
Other languages
1.1%
0.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
McKees Rocks
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.
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+41.8%
2008
+41.9%
2012
+52.2%
2016
+35.5%
2020
+33.2%
2024
+34.1%
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
66.4%Harris1,319
32.3%Trump642
1.3%
D+34.1
D+0.9
D+35.6
1,986
D
65.9%Biden1,462
32.7%Trump726
1.4%
D+33.2
R+2.3
D+28.7
2,219
D
66.4%Clinton1,513
30.9%Trump704
2.7%
D+35.5
R+16.7
D+33.4
2,278
D
75.4%Obama1,740
23.2%Romney535
1.5%
D+52.2
D+10.3
D+48.3
2,309
D
70.4%Obama1,771
28.4%McCain716
1.2%
D+41.9
D+0.1
D+34.6
2,517
D
70.3%Kerry1,765
28.5%Bush716
1.2%
D+41.8
—
D+44.2
2,511
McKees Rocks sits just west of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River and has shed much of its industrial employment since the mid-20th century. Its working-class demographics and high share of non-college white voters make it a reliable bellwether for shifts in western Pennsylvania's partisan alignment.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.2 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.1 points.
A population of 5,786, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,131 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clairton 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, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 34.1 points (D+34.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,986 votes cast, 1,319 went Democratic and 642 went Republican.
How many people live in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania?
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania has a population of 5,786 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania is $41,131 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
