Grand County, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+1%. Democratic peak: D+90 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+1MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 15,8952024 5-year
- Median household income
- $88,6122024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+90 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Grand Traverse County, MI · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Grand CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Grand County, 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 | −16.0% |
| 1884 | −17.5% |
| 1888 | −31.6% |
| 1892 | −43.7% |
| 1896 | +90.2% |
| 1900 | +3.1% |
| 1904 | −27.8% |
| 1908 | −4.1% |
| 1912 | +26.9% |
| 1916 | +24.2% |
| 1920 | −7.8% |
| 1924 | −29.7% |
| 1928 | −25.7% |
| 1932 | +12.4% |
| 1936 | +8.4% |
| 1940 | −10.8% |
| 1944 | −27.2% |
| 1948 | −0.9% |
| 1952 | −41.1% |
| 1956 | −42.8% |
| 1960 | −25.4% |
| 1964 | +5.1% |
| 1968 | −42.4% |
| 1972 | −42.1% |
| 1976 | −28.8% |
| 1980 | −37.7% |
| 1984 | −46.9% |
| 1988 | −22.3% |
| 1992 | −1.7% |
| 1996 | −5.2% |
| 2000 | −19.9% |
| 2004 | −13.4% |
| 2008 | −1.1% |
| 2012 | −7.0% |
| 2016 | −13.2% |
| 2020 | −1.8% |
| 2024 | −0.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,743 | 4,822 | 9,884 | ||
| R | 4,709 | 4,883 | 9,869 | ||
| R | 3,358 | 4,494 | 8,588 | ||
| R | 3,684 | 4,253 | 8,187 | ||
| R | 4,037 | 4,128 | 8,308 | ||
| R | 3,243 | 4,260 | 7,609 | ||
| R | 2,308 | 3,570 | 6,353 | ||
| R | 2,012 | 2,264 | 4,890 | ||
| R | 1,678 | 1,763 | 4,918 | ||
| R | 1,451 | 2,306 | 3,838 | ||
| R | 1,017 | 2,865 | 3,940 | ||
| R | 820 | 2,133 | 3,481 | ||
| R | 910 | 1,703 | 2,757 | ||
| R | 685 | 1,721 | 2,461 | ||
| R | 433 | 1,167 | 1,732 | ||
| D | 902 | 814 | 1,724 | ||
| R | 657 | 1,104 | 1,763 | ||
| R | 496 | 1,239 | 1,737 | ||
| R | 554 | 1,333 | 1,895 | ||
| R | 763 | 777 | 1,562 | ||
| R | 554 | 968 | 1,524 | ||
| R | 863 | 1,074 | 1,946 | ||
| D | 846 | 714 | 1,568 | ||
| D | 771 | 598 | 1,395 | ||
| R | 451 | 770 | 1,239 | ||
| R | 308 | 681 | 1,254 | ||
| R | 553 | 649 | 1,236 | ||
| D | 624 | 378 | 1,017 | ||
| D | 507 | 248 | 962 | ||
| R | 487 | 529 | 1,031 | ||
| R | 266 | 475 | 752 | ||
| D | 182 | 171 | 355 | ||
| D | 251 | 12 | 265 | ||
| O | 0 | 104 | 238 | ||
| R | 83 | 162 | 250 | ||
| R | 174 | 249 | 428 | ||
| R | 87 | 121 | 212 | ||
| — | — | — | — |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.6%
Irish
9.1%
English
8.6%
Italian
3.4%
Scottish
2.9%
Polish
2.4%
American
2.1%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 45.4 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
$88,612
Grand County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Grand County$88,612
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Grand County ranks in the top 10% 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
7.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.5%
Working age (18–64)7.9%
Seniors (65+)8.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.8%
speak English only
Spanish5.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Grand County's mix of resort workers in Winter Park and agricultural communities along the Fraser River compresses presidential margins to near-zero, making it one of Colorado's most closely contested rural counties.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-seven points in 1984 at its widest — Grand County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was one point.
A median household income of $88,612 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 15,895 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grand Traverse County and Garfield County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Grand County, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grand County, Colorado voted Republican by 0.8 points (R+1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,884 votes cast, 4,743 went Democratic and 4,822 went Republican.
What is Grand County, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Grand County, Colorado in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. 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 7 times, Republican 29 times, and other 1 times.
When did Grand County, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grand County, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Grand County, Colorado?
Grand County, Colorado has a population of 15,895 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grand County, Colorado?
Median household income in Grand County, Colorado is $88,612 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Grand County, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Grand County, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.