† 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
GroupPottsboroTexasUnited States
English16.3%7.9%9.5%
German15.2%8.3%12.5%
Irish13.5%6.0%9.4%
American7.2%4.6%5.3%
Scottish3.3%1.3%1.3%
Italian2.7%1.9%4.8%
French2.5%1.5%1.6%
Dutch1.5%——
Mexican1.5%32.1%11.3%
African American†1.0%10.3%9.9%
Aztec0.5%——
Chickasaw0.2%——
Marshallese0.2%——
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
Pottsboro
Texas
United States
Median age
42.5
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
6.0%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.1%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pottsboro
Texas
United States
Median household income
$69,439
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.4%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.7%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pottsboro
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.0%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
1.7%
28.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.0%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pottsboro
Texas
United States
Catholic
—
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
45.2%
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.
Pottsboro, Texas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−51.6%
2008
−50.2%
2012
−61.0%
2016
−64.6%
2020
−61.3%
2024
−66.8%
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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
16.1%Harris238
83.0%Trump1,224
0.9%
R+66.8
R+5.6
R+65.4
1,475
R
18.9%Biden256
80.1%Trump1,086
1.0%
R+61.3
D+3.4
R+65.7
1,355
R
15.6%Clinton169
80.3%Trump867
4.1%
R+64.6
R+3.6
R+66.7
1,080
R
18.7%Obama183
79.7%Romney779
1.5%
R+61.0
R+10.8
R+64.9
977
R
24.5%Obama245
74.7%McCain747
0.8%
R+50.2
D+1.4
R+57.5
1,000
R
24.2%Kerry215
75.8%Bush673
0.0%
R+51.6
—
R+49.1
888
Pottsboro sits at the southern edge of Lake Texoma in Grayson County, where tourism economy and small-town demographics have kept it reliably aligned with broader rural North Texas voting patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 66.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 66.8 points.
A population of 2,691, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,439 describe the city.
In 2024, Pottsboro, Texas voted Republican by 66.8 points (R+66.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,475 votes cast, 238 went Democratic and 1,224 went Republican.
How many people live in Pottsboro, Texas?
Pottsboro, Texas has a population of 2,691 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pottsboro, Texas?
Median household income in Pottsboro, Texas is $69,439 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Pottsboro, Texas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pottsboro, Texas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
