† 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
GroupNorristownPennsylvaniaUnited States
Mexican10.4%1.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican9.9%3.7%1.8%
Cuban1.6%0.2%0.7%
Dominican1.6%1.4%0.7%
Colombian1.6%0.2%0.4%
Honduran1.0%—0.3%
Salvadoran1.0%—0.7%
Spanish1.0%——
African American†24.9%8.7%9.9%
Jamaican1.7%0.3%0.4%
African1.4%0.4%0.5%
Haitian1.0%0.2%0.3%
Nigerian0.7%—0.2%
Irish7.8%14.8%9.4%
German7.7%21.6%12.5%
Italian5.5%10.6%4.8%
English3.8%8.3%9.5%
Polish2.3%5.4%2.2%
American1.6%4.4%5.3%
Russian0.8%——
Scottish0.7%1.1%1.3%
Asian Indian0.8%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.9%1.3%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
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
Norristown
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
33.2
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
12.0%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.4%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Norristown
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$66,701
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.5%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.5%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Norristown
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
28.8%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
23.8%
5.6%
13.6%
Other languages
1.1%
0.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Norristown
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.
Norristown, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+60.8%
2008
+65.2%
2012
+66.9%
2016
+63.0%
2020
+63.6%
2024
+56.7%
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
77.7%Harris8,534
21.1%Trump2,313
1.2%
D+56.7
R+6.9
D+58.1
10,978
D
81.4%Biden9,600
17.8%Trump2,099
0.8%
D+63.6
D+0.6
D+59.1
11,794
D
80.1%Clinton8,826
17.2%Trump1,891
2.7%
D+63.0
R+3.9
D+60.9
11,016
D
82.8%Obama9,068
15.9%Romney1,745
1.2%
D+66.9
D+1.7
D+63.0
10,949
D
82.2%Obama9,911
16.9%McCain2,042
0.9%
D+65.2
D+4.4
D+58.0
12,064
D
80.4%Kerry8,700
19.6%Bush2,116
0.1%
D+60.8
—
D+63.3
10,823
Norristown's majority-minority electorate — heavily Latino and Black in its core precincts — consistently produces Democratic margins that anchor Montgomery County results, even as the borough's row-house neighborhoods grapple with long-term population churn.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 66.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 56.7 points.
A population of 35,893, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,701 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Trenton and Poughkeepsie.
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, Norristown, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 56.7 points (D+56.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 10,978 votes cast, 8,534 went Democratic and 2,313 went Republican.
How many people live in Norristown, Pennsylvania?
Norristown, Pennsylvania has a population of 35,893 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Norristown, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Norristown, Pennsylvania is $66,701 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Norristown, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Norristown, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
