† 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
GroupMount JoyPennsylvaniaUnited States
German32.3%21.6%12.5%
Irish11.1%14.8%9.4%
English9.6%8.3%9.5%
Italian6.2%10.6%4.8%
American5.6%4.4%5.3%
Polish2.9%5.4%2.2%
French1.6%—1.6%
Scottish1.6%1.1%1.3%
Puerto Rican7.8%3.7%1.8%
Dominican1.5%1.4%0.7%
Mexican1.1%1.4%11.3%
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.5%0.2%0.4%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
African American†1.3%8.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.4%0.5%
Ethiopian0.2%——
Vietnamese0.2%0.3%0.6%
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
Mount Joy
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
39.5
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.4%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Mount Joy
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$90,061
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.1%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.7%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Mount Joy
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.2%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
6.3%
5.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Mount Joy
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.
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−38.2%
2008
−19.1%
2012
−22.6%
2016
−26.1%
2020
−20.9%
2024
−20.5%
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
39.0%Harris1,834
59.5%Trump2,799
1.5%
R+20.5
D+0.4
R+19.0
4,705
R
38.7%Biden1,752
59.6%Trump2,696
1.7%
R+20.9
D+5.2
R+25.3
4,523
R
33.7%Clinton1,309
59.8%Trump2,321
6.5%
R+26.1
R+3.5
R+28.2
3,882
R
37.8%Obama1,283
60.3%Romney2,050
1.9%
R+22.6
R+3.5
R+26.4
3,397
R
39.9%Obama1,290
59.0%McCain1,906
1.1%
R+19.1
D+19.2
R+26.3
3,232
R
30.3%Kerry968
68.6%Bush2,188
1.1%
R+38.2
—
R+35.8
3,191
Nestled in Lancaster County's farming heartland, Mount Joy tilts reliably Republican in most cycles, reflecting the region's deep Anabaptist and rural conservative tradition even as its population edges upward with commuter-era arrivals.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 38.2 points in 2004. The 2024 margin was 20.5 points.
A population of 8,344, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,061 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Leola and New Holland.
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, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 20.5 points (R+20.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,705 votes cast, 1,834 went Democratic and 2,799 went Republican.
How many people live in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania?
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania has a population of 8,344 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania is $90,061 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
