† 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
GroupRentonWashingtonUnited States
German9.3%14.5%12.5%
English8.6%12.1%9.5%
Irish6.7%9.8%9.4%
Italian2.6%3.1%4.8%
Norwegian2.6%4.0%—
American1.9%3.8%5.3%
Swedish1.9%1.8%—
Scottish1.8%2.6%1.3%
Chinese7.4%2.2%1.3%
Asian Indian6.5%2.0%1.4%
Filipino3.0%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese2.8%1.1%0.6%
Korean2.1%0.9%0.4%
Japanese1.2%0.4%0.2%
Taiwanese0.5%——
Cambodian0.4%0.3%—
Mexican10.1%10.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.7%0.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.6%0.4%—
Guatemalan0.4%0.2%0.5%
Honduran0.4%—0.3%
Colombian0.4%0.2%0.4%
Spanish0.4%0.3%—
African American†4.7%2.3%9.9%
Ethiopian1.3%0.3%—
African0.9%0.4%0.5%
Somali0.9%0.2%—
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Kenyan0.3%——
Samoan1.3%0.2%—
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
Renton
Washington
United States
Median age
36.5
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.1%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Renton
Washington
United States
Median household income
$100,432
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.1%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.5%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Renton
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
38.1%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
10.8%
9.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.6%
2.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
5.8%
1.9%
1.1%
Vietnamese
4.8%
1.0%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Renton
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.
Renton, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+23.3%
2008
+34.7%
2012
+34.5%
2016
+40.1%
2020
+40.9%
2024
+37.9%
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
67.1%Harris29,571
29.2%Trump12,879
3.7%
D+37.9
R+3.0
D+39.3
44,076
D
69.0%Biden34,242
28.1%Trump13,952
2.9%
D+40.9
D+0.8
D+36.4
49,649
D
66.5%Clinton25,545
26.3%Trump10,127
7.2%
D+40.1
D+5.6
D+38.0
38,436
D
65.8%Obama25,024
31.3%Romney11,903
2.9%
D+34.5
R+0.2
D+30.6
38,035
D
66.5%Obama22,856
31.8%McCain10,922
1.7%
D+34.7
D+11.5
D+27.5
34,353
D
60.8%Kerry20,445
37.6%Bush12,627
1.6%
D+23.3
—
D+25.7
33,605
Renton anchors the south end of Lake Washington with a working-class aerospace heritage that has gradually shifted as King County's suburban sprawl pushes younger, more diverse residents into its boundaries.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.9 points.
A population of 105,317, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,432 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Federal Way and Kent.
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, Renton, Washington voted Democratic by 37.9 points (D+37.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 44,076 votes cast, 29,571 went Democratic and 12,879 went Republican.
How many people live in Renton, Washington?
Renton, Washington has a population of 105,317 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Renton, Washington?
Median household income in Renton, Washington is $100,432 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Renton, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Renton, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
