† 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
GroupWest BendWisconsinUnited States
German50.4%35.8%12.5%
Irish11.0%10.4%9.4%
Polish9.7%7.6%2.2%
English6.5%6.7%9.5%
Italian4.0%2.7%4.8%
American3.8%3.4%5.3%
Norwegian3.1%6.1%—
French2.3%2.2%1.6%
Mexican2.7%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%1.1%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
African American†1.6%5.3%9.9%
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
West Bend
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
41
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.3%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
West Bend
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$74,076
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.2%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.6%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
West Bend
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.3%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.7%
5.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
West Bend
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.
West Bend, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−28.3%
2008
−16.4%
2012
−27.7%
2016
−29.1%
2020
−26.4%
2024
−25.5%
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
36.6%Harris6,834
62.1%Trump11,591
1.3%
R+25.5
D+1.0
R+24.0
18,672
R
36.0%Biden6,500
62.4%Trump11,278
1.6%
R+26.4
D+2.7
R+30.9
18,069
R
32.3%Clinton5,159
61.4%Trump9,816
6.3%
R+29.1
R+1.5
R+31.2
15,988
R
35.7%Obama5,992
63.3%Romney10,640
1.0%
R+27.7
R+11.2
R+31.5
16,805
R
41.2%Obama6,822
57.6%McCain9,545
1.2%
R+16.4
D+11.9
R+23.7
16,569
R
35.3%Kerry5,626
63.6%Bush10,145
1.1%
R+28.3
—
R+25.9
15,953
West Bend sits at the core of Washington County, which has posted some of the widest Republican margins of any suburban county in the state across recent cycles, making it a bellwether for the outer Milwaukee exurban vote.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 29.1 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.5 points.
A population of 32,030, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,076 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hartford and Watertown.
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, West Bend, Wisconsin voted Republican by 25.5 points (R+25.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,672 votes cast, 6,834 went Democratic and 11,591 went Republican.
How many people live in West Bend, Wisconsin?
West Bend, Wisconsin has a population of 32,030 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in West Bend, Wisconsin?
Median household income in West Bend, Wisconsin is $74,076 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of West Bend, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in West Bend, Wisconsin from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
