† 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
GroupPalmyraPennsylvaniaUnited States
German31.9%21.6%12.5%
Irish9.7%14.8%9.4%
English6.9%8.3%9.5%
Italian6.0%10.6%4.8%
American5.4%4.4%5.3%
Polish2.5%5.4%2.2%
French1.1%—1.6%
Scottish1.1%1.1%1.3%
Puerto Rican8.9%3.7%1.8%
Dominican2.4%1.4%0.7%
Mexican0.9%1.4%11.3%
Salvadoran0.5%—0.7%
Chinese0.4%0.9%1.3%
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%1.2%1.4%
Cambodian0.3%——
African American†0.9%8.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.4%0.5%
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
Palmyra
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
34.1
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
10.7%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.2%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Palmyra
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$77,469
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.5%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Palmyra
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.8%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
7.5%
5.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Palmyra
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.
Palmyra, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−33.0%
2008
−15.2%
2012
−24.3%
2016
−30.0%
2020
−22.0%
2024
−23.0%
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
R
37.9%Harris1,588
60.9%Trump2,554
1.2%
R+23.0
R+1.0
R+21.6
4,192
R
38.0%Biden1,591
60.0%Trump2,512
2.0%
R+22.0
D+8.0
R+26.5
4,186
R
32.7%Clinton1,183
62.6%Trump2,268
4.7%
R+30.0
R+5.7
R+32.0
3,622
R
37.0%Obama1,182
61.2%Romney1,958
1.8%
R+24.3
R+9.1
R+28.1
3,197
R
41.3%Obama1,441
56.5%McCain1,971
2.2%
R+15.2
D+17.8
R+22.5
3,487
R
33.5%Kerry1,055
66.4%Bush2,094
0.1%
R+33.0
—
R+30.5
3,152
Palmyra sits in Lebanon County, a reliably Republican-leaning corner of south-central Pennsylvania, where a compact borough population of under 8,000 reflects the area's blend of working-class roots and modest suburban expansion along the U.S. 422 corridor.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 33.0 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.0 points.
A population of 7,755, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,469 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Parkville and Ephrata.
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, Palmyra, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 23.0 points (R+23.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,192 votes cast, 1,588 went Democratic and 2,554 went Republican.
How many people live in Palmyra, Pennsylvania?
Palmyra, Pennsylvania has a population of 7,755 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Palmyra, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Palmyra, Pennsylvania is $77,469 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Palmyra, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Palmyra, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
