Medina County, Ohio: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+25%. Republican peak: R+60 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 183,6602024 5-year
- Median household income
- $94,9682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Susquehanna County, PA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Medina CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Medina County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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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 | −17.2% |
| 1896 | −15.5% |
| 1900 | −19.1% |
| 1904 | −39.5% |
| 1908 | −17.5% |
| 1912 | +25.1% |
| 1916 | +3.9% |
| 1920 | −36.8% |
| 1924 | −49.3% |
| 1928 | −59.9% |
| 1932 | −13.6% |
| 1936 | +0.8% |
| 1940 | −20.2% |
| 1944 | −26.7% |
| 1948 | −29.4% |
| 1952 | −40.8% |
| 1956 | −40.8% |
| 1960 | −24.4% |
| 1964 | +18.1% |
| 1968 | −18.2% |
| 1972 | −32.0% |
| 1976 | −7.8% |
| 1980 | −26.5% |
| 1984 | −31.5% |
| 1988 | −21.0% |
| 1992 | −8.4% |
| 1996 | −4.1% |
| 2000 | −16.0% |
| 2004 | −14.0% |
| 2008 | −8.0% |
| 2012 | −12.7% |
| 2016 | −24.3% |
| 2020 | −23.4% |
| 2024 | −24.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 39,771 | 66,308 | 107,517 | ||
| R | 39,800 | 64,598 | 105,825 | ||
| R | 32,182 | 54,810 | 93,198 | ||
| R | 38,785 | 50,418 | 91,401 | ||
| R | 40,924 | 48,189 | 90,652 | ||
| R | 36,272 | 48,196 | 84,878 | ||
| R | 26,635 | 37,349 | 66,883 | ||
| R | 23,727 | 26,120 | 59,086 | ||
| R | 18,995 | 24,090 | 60,601 | ||
| R | 19,505 | 29,962 | 49,874 | ||
| R | 15,897 | 30,690 | 46,944 | ||
| R | 13,573 | 24,723 | 42,050 | ||
| R | 16,251 | 19,066 | 36,249 | ||
| R | 10,643 | 21,010 | 32,411 | ||
| R | 9,194 | 14,089 | 26,933 | ||
| D | 14,729 | 10,221 | 24,950 | ||
| R | 9,796 | 16,123 | 25,919 | ||
| R | 6,365 | 15,155 | 21,520 | ||
| R | 6,071 | 14,433 | 20,504 | ||
| R | 5,133 | 9,462 | 14,717 | ||
| R | 6,003 | 10,375 | 16,378 | ||
| R | 6,722 | 10,116 | 16,838 | ||
| D | 7,400 | 7,283 | 15,058 | ||
| R | 5,841 | 7,753 | 14,074 | ||
| R | 2,357 | 9,510 | 11,950 | ||
| R | 1,844 | 6,756 | 9,971 | ||
| R | 3,120 | 6,846 | 10,122 | ||
| D | 2,984 | 2,754 | 5,885 | ||
| O | 2,108 | 685 | 5,674 | ||
| R | 2,378 | 3,427 | 5,979 | ||
| R | 1,517 | 3,632 | 5,353 | ||
| R | 2,360 | 3,510 | 6,026 | ||
| R | 2,575 | 3,533 | 6,164 | ||
| R | 2,122 | 3,062 | 5,458 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
29.0%
Irish
15.8%
English
12.7%
Italian
9.8%
Polish
8.0%
American
4.4%
Scottish
1.8%
African American
0.9%
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: 43.3 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
$94,968
Medina County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Medina County$94,968
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Medina County ranks in the top 5% 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
6.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.2%
Working age (18–64)5.8%
Seniors (65+)8.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.6%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.5%
Spanish1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
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 62.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Medina County sits at the southern edge of the Cleveland metro, where exurban growth has accompanied a consistent rightward trend—its 2024 presidential margin of R+24.8 reflects a pattern that has widened each cycle since 2008.
The Republican margin here reached sixty points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-five points.
A population of 183,660, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $94,968 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Susquehanna County and Bradford County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Medina County, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Medina County, Ohio voted Republican by 24.7 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 107,517 votes cast, 39,771 went Democratic and 66,308 went Republican.
What is Medina County, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Medina County, Ohio in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 3 times, Republican 30 times, and other 1 times.
When did Medina County, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Medina County, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Medina County, Ohio?
Medina County, Ohio has a population of 183,660 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Medina County, Ohio?
Median household income in Medina County, Ohio is $94,968 — above the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Medina County, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Medina County, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.