† 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
GroupStoughtonWisconsinUnited States
German39.3%35.8%12.5%
Irish15.8%10.4%9.4%
English12.2%6.7%9.5%
Norwegian10.0%6.1%—
Polish6.2%7.6%2.2%
Italian4.7%2.7%4.8%
American2.9%3.4%5.3%
French2.7%2.2%1.6%
Mexican0.8%5.4%11.3%
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
Stoughton
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
39.9
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.8%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Stoughton
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$79,551
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.1%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.3%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Stoughton
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.4%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
5.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Stoughton
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
—
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.0%
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.
Stoughton, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+24.6%
2008
+39.5%
2012
+38.1%
2016
+34.9%
2020
+38.9%
2024
+40.6%
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
69.9%Harris6,006
29.3%Trump2,516
0.8%
D+40.6
D+1.7
D+42.1
8,591
D
68.5%Biden5,629
29.6%Trump2,435
1.9%
D+38.9
D+3.9
D+34.4
8,216
D
64.6%Clinton4,597
29.6%Trump2,109
5.8%
D+34.9
R+3.1
D+32.9
7,119
D
68.3%Obama5,077
30.2%Romney2,247
1.5%
D+38.1
R+1.4
D+34.2
7,433
D
69.1%Obama5,062
29.7%McCain2,172
1.2%
D+39.5
D+14.9
D+32.2
7,323
D
61.8%Kerry4,448
37.3%Bush2,682
0.9%
D+24.6
—
D+27.0
7,192
Stoughton sits on the Yahara River southeast of Madison, and its Scandinavian-rooted working-class wards have historically produced tighter margins than the reliably blue county seat nearby.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.6 points.
A population of 13,033, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,551 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oregon and Monona.
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, Stoughton, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 40.6 points (D+40.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,591 votes cast, 6,006 went Democratic and 2,516 went Republican.
How many people live in Stoughton, Wisconsin?
Stoughton, Wisconsin has a population of 13,033 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stoughton, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Stoughton, Wisconsin is $79,551 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Stoughton, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Stoughton, Wisconsin from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
