† 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
GroupMurfreesboroTennesseeUnited States
English13.6%13.3%9.5%
German9.1%9.1%12.5%
American8.6%11.3%5.3%
Irish8.4%9.3%9.4%
Italian2.6%2.2%4.8%
Scottish2.0%2.2%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.6%1.7%—
French1.5%1.3%1.6%
African American†14.9%14.3%9.9%
African0.6%0.6%0.5%
Ethiopian0.2%——
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Mexican4.5%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%0.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.7%0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.7%0.2%—
Honduran0.6%0.5%0.3%
Guatemalan0.6%0.6%0.5%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Laotian1.3%——
Asian Indian0.6%0.5%1.4%
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
Chinese0.3%0.2%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%
Burmese0.3%——
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
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
United States
Median age
31.6
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
15.3%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.7%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$80,108
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.8%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.0%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.4%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
6.7%
5.3%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
0.7%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.6%
0.5%
1.1%
Arabic
1.7%
0.5%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Murfreesboro
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
—
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
44.5%
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.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−20.7%
2008
−15.1%
2012
−22.1%
2016
−19.9%
2020
−8.4%
2024
−15.4%
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
41.5%Harris26,427
56.9%Trump36,222
1.6%
R+15.4
R+7.0
R+13.9
63,693
R
44.7%Biden28,786
53.1%Trump34,202
2.3%
R+8.4
D+11.5
R+12.9
64,455
R
37.0%Clinton17,711
56.9%Trump27,248
6.2%
R+19.9
D+2.2
R+22.0
47,912
R
38.1%Obama17,078
60.2%Romney26,972
1.6%
R+22.1
R+7.0
R+26.0
44,769
R
41.7%Obama19,591
56.8%McCain26,694
1.5%
R+15.1
D+5.6
R+22.4
46,991
R
39.5%Kerry15,271
60.2%Bush23,263
0.3%
R+20.7
—
R+18.2
38,662
Murfreesboro has roughly doubled in population since 2000, driven by Middle Tennessee State University's 22,000-plus students and steady suburban in-migration that has gradually shifted its demographic and partisan composition.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 22.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.4 points.
A population of 161,445, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,108 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Smyrna and Springfield.
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, Murfreesboro, Tennessee voted Republican by 15.4 points (R+15.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 63,693 votes cast, 26,427 went Democratic and 36,222 went Republican.
How many people live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee?
Murfreesboro, Tennessee has a population of 161,445 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Murfreesboro, Tennessee?
Median household income in Murfreesboro, Tennessee is $80,108 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Murfreesboro, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Murfreesboro, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
