Skagway Municipality, Alaska: Diversifying Metro county. In 2024, voted D+45%. Democratic peak: D+50 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+45MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,2442024 5-year
- Median household income
- $81,1362024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+50 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Alpine County, CA · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Skagway MunicipalityPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Skagway Municipality, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | No data |
| 1928 | No data |
| 1932 | No data |
| 1936 | No data |
| 1940 | No data |
| 1944 | No data |
| 1948 | No data |
| 1952 | No data |
| 1956 | No data |
| 1960 | −10.3% |
| 1964 | +34.7% |
| 1968 | +22.3% |
| 1972 | −42.5% |
| 1976 | −38.9% |
| 1980 | −14.9% |
| 1984 | −22.7% |
| 1988 | −13.2% |
| 1992 | −4.8% |
| 1996 | +3.6% |
| 2000 | −18.1% |
| 2004 | +12.6% |
| 2008 | +17.5% |
| 2012 | +27.5% |
| 2016 | +22.0% |
| 2020 | +50.4% |
| 2024 | +45.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| D | 659 | 232 | 939 | ||
| D | 650 | 201 | 890 | ||
| D | 350 | 200 | 681 | ||
| D | 355 | 187 | 612 | ||
| D | 319 | 219 | 573 | ||
| D | 288 | 219 | 547 | ||
| R | 156 | 246 | 497 | ||
| D | 178 | 162 | 448 | ||
| R | 155 | 178 | 478 | ||
| R | 156 | 205 | 372 | ||
| R | 133 | 215 | 362 | ||
| R | 128 | 185 | 383 | ||
| R | 98 | 230 | 339 | ||
| R | 89 | 236 | 346 | ||
| D | 155 | 95 | 269 | ||
| D | 532 | 258 | 790 | ||
| R | 297 | 365 | 662 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
17.0%
English
16.3%
German
10.5%
Scottish
3.1%
Italian
2.3%
Polish
2.2%
French
1.8%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$81,136
Skagway Municipality ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Skagway Municipality$81,136
Alaska$92,788
United States$80,734
Skagway Municipality ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
5.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 181.5%
Working age (18–64)7.3%
Seniors (65+)0.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
82.3%
speak English only
Other Indo-European10.4%
Spanish4.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 77.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Skagway's roughly 1,000 residents — many tied to cruise tourism and the historic White Pass railroad — delivered a 44-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, making it one of Alaska's most lopsided jurisdictions despite its rugged, isolated geography.
The Democratic margin here reached fifty points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-five points.
A population of 1,244, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,136 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Alpine County and Cook County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Skagway Municipality, Alaska vote in 2024?
In 2024, Skagway Municipality, Alaska voted Democratic by 45.5 points (D+45), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 939 votes cast, 659 went Democratic and 232 went Republican.
What is Skagway Municipality, Alaska's political typology?
Akashic places Skagway Municipality, Alaska in the "Diversifying Metro" typology — Mid-size metropolitan counties growing more diverse and trending Democratic. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 9 times, Republican 8 times, and other 0 times.
When did Skagway Municipality, Alaska last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Skagway Municipality, Alaska voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Skagway Municipality, Alaska?
Skagway Municipality, Alaska has a population of 1,244 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Skagway Municipality, Alaska?
Median household income in Skagway Municipality, Alaska is $81,136 — above the national median of $80,734. The Alaska state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Skagway Municipality, Alaska?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Skagway Municipality, Alaska from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.