† 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
GroupSwissvalePennsylvaniaUnited States
German16.8%21.6%12.5%
Irish12.7%14.8%9.4%
Italian10.9%10.6%4.8%
English6.3%8.3%9.5%
Polish5.7%5.4%2.2%
American2.0%4.4%5.3%
Slovak2.0%0.8%—
Scottish1.4%1.1%1.3%
African American†26.2%8.7%9.9%
African1.2%0.4%0.5%
Jamaican0.7%0.3%0.4%
Nigerian0.5%—0.2%
Mexican1.6%1.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%3.7%1.8%
Dominican0.3%1.4%0.7%
Spanish0.3%——
Asian Indian1.3%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.8%0.9%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.3%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
Nepalese0.2%——
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
Swissvale
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
38.1
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.1%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.5%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Swissvale
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$60,341
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.0%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.4%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Swissvale
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.6%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.6%
5.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.7%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Swissvale
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.
Swissvale, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+52.8%
2008
+52.5%
2012
+59.3%
2016
+64.6%
2020
+67.3%
2024
+68.5%
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
D
83.3%Harris4,121
14.8%Trump733
1.9%
D+68.5
D+1.2
D+70.0
4,946
D
83.3%Biden4,203
15.9%Trump804
0.8%
D+67.3
D+2.7
D+62.9
5,048
D
80.5%Clinton3,866
15.9%Trump762
3.7%
D+64.6
D+5.3
D+62.5
4,805
D
78.9%Obama3,770
19.6%Romney938
1.5%
D+59.3
D+6.8
D+55.4
4,778
D
75.6%Obama3,763
23.1%McCain1,151
1.2%
D+52.5
R+0.3
D+45.2
4,976
D
76.4%Kerry3,731
23.6%Bush1,151
0.1%
D+52.8
—
D+55.3
4,885
Swissvale sits just east of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela corridor, a compact working-class community where Democratic registration runs deep and municipal races frequently turn on single-digit margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 68.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 68.5 points.
A population of 8,418, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,341 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lansdowne and Forest Park.
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, Swissvale, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 68.5 points (D+68.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,946 votes cast, 4,121 went Democratic and 733 went Republican.
How many people live in Swissvale, Pennsylvania?
Swissvale, Pennsylvania has a population of 8,418 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Swissvale, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Swissvale, Pennsylvania is $60,341 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Swissvale, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Swissvale, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
