† 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
GroupEllensburgWashingtonUnited States
German17.0%14.5%12.5%
English13.9%12.1%9.5%
Irish13.0%9.8%9.4%
Norwegian4.7%4.0%—
Italian3.2%3.1%4.8%
Scottish3.2%2.6%1.3%
Swedish3.2%1.8%—
American3.0%3.8%5.3%
Mexican10.4%10.8%11.3%
Cuban0.6%—0.7%
Spaniard0.5%0.4%—
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
Colombian0.4%0.2%0.4%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Filipino0.6%1.5%0.9%
Korean0.6%0.9%0.4%
Vietnamese0.5%1.1%0.6%
Asian Indian0.3%2.0%1.4%
Chinese0.3%2.2%1.3%
African American†1.0%2.3%9.9%
African0.6%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
Ellensburg
Washington
United States
Median age
25
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
35.4%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
9.8%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ellensburg
Washington
United States
Median household income
$55,438
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
22.4%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.4%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ellensburg
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.5%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
6.3%
9.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
2.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ellensburg
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
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.
Ellensburg, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+7.7%
2008
+13.7%
2012
+13.9%
2016
+15.5%
2020
+20.7%
2024
+16.4%
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
D
55.8%Harris4,802
39.4%Trump3,394
4.8%
D+16.4
R+4.3
D+17.8
8,606
D
58.1%Biden5,257
37.5%Trump3,386
4.4%
D+20.7
D+5.2
D+16.2
9,041
D
53.4%Clinton3,345
37.8%Trump2,371
8.8%
D+15.5
D+1.6
D+13.5
6,266
D
55.4%Obama3,432
41.5%Romney2,569
3.1%
D+13.9
D+0.2
D+10.1
6,191
D
55.6%Obama3,417
41.9%McCain2,573
2.5%
D+13.7
D+6.1
D+6.5
6,141
D
53.2%Kerry2,851
45.5%Bush2,440
1.3%
D+7.7
—
D+10.1
5,363
Home to Central Washington University, Ellensburg sits at the edge of the Cascades rain shadow, producing a voting pattern that blends student-driven urban margins with the agricultural conservatism of surrounding Kittitas County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.
A population of 20,874, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,438 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cheney and Monmouth.
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, Ellensburg, Washington voted Democratic by 16.4 points (D+16.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,606 votes cast, 4,802 went Democratic and 3,394 went Republican.
How many people live in Ellensburg, Washington?
Ellensburg, Washington has a population of 20,874 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ellensburg, Washington?
Median household income in Ellensburg, Washington is $55,438 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Ellensburg, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ellensburg, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
