Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+41%. Republican peak: R+60 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 113,4892024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,9172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+30 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Wells County, IN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lycoming CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lycoming 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 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +12.6% |
| 1896 | −4.5% |
| 1900 | −2.0% |
| 1904 | −14.8% |
| 1908 | −9.1% |
| 1912 | +29.7% |
| 1916 | +4.4% |
| 1920 | −25.3% |
| 1924 | −30.0% |
| 1928 | −59.7% |
| 1932 | −16.1% |
| 1936 | +2.8% |
| 1940 | −7.7% |
| 1944 | −11.8% |
| 1948 | −16.2% |
| 1952 | −23.6% |
| 1956 | −33.4% |
| 1960 | −24.2% |
| 1964 | +15.3% |
| 1968 | −15.9% |
| 1972 | −40.2% |
| 1976 | −9.5% |
| 1980 | −21.7% |
| 1984 | −36.6% |
| 1988 | −29.1% |
| 1992 | −16.7% |
| 1996 | −20.4% |
| 2000 | −28.9% |
| 2004 | −36.5% |
| 2008 | −24.2% |
| 2012 | −33.1% |
| 2016 | −44.2% |
| 2020 | −41.3% |
| 2024 | −41.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 17,216 | 41,961 | 59,846 | ||
| R | 16,971 | 41,462 | 59,254 | ||
| R | 13,020 | 35,627 | 51,131 | ||
| R | 15,203 | 30,658 | 46,669 | ||
| R | 18,381 | 30,280 | 49,237 | ||
| R | 15,681 | 33,961 | 50,081 | ||
| R | 14,663 | 27,137 | 43,193 | ||
| R | 13,516 | 21,535 | 39,241 | ||
| R | 13,315 | 20,536 | 43,172 | ||
| R | 13,528 | 24,792 | 38,735 | ||
| R | 13,147 | 28,498 | 41,895 | ||
| R | 14,609 | 23,415 | 40,553 | ||
| R | 18,635 | 22,648 | 42,082 | ||
| R | 11,999 | 28,913 | 42,087 | ||
| R | 16,888 | 23,830 | 43,566 | ||
| D | 25,879 | 19,011 | 44,945 | ||
| R | 18,351 | 30,083 | 48,482 | ||
| R | 13,490 | 27,030 | 40,540 | ||
| R | 15,870 | 25,753 | 41,807 | ||
| R | 13,692 | 19,118 | 33,436 | ||
| R | 15,658 | 19,886 | 35,741 | ||
| R | 18,363 | 21,423 | 39,953 | ||
| D | 19,376 | 18,315 | 38,290 | ||
| R | 11,499 | 16,212 | 29,250 | ||
| R | 7,132 | 28,720 | 36,137 | ||
| R | 6,857 | 14,039 | 23,916 | ||
| R | 5,853 | 10,570 | 18,635 | ||
| D | 6,640 | 6,010 | 14,473 | ||
| O | 6,039 | 1,631 | 14,827 | ||
| R | 7,144 | 8,708 | 17,150 | ||
| R | 6,424 | 8,928 | 16,879 | ||
| R | 7,427 | 7,750 | 16,304 | ||
| R | 7,340 | 8,097 | 16,668 | ||
| D | 7,532 | 5,736 | 14,234 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
31.8%
Irish
13.2%
English
9.6%
Italian
7.9%
American
4.9%
Polish
3.3%
French
2.0%
African American
3.4%
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: 41.4 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
$63,917
Lycoming County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lycoming County$63,917
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Lycoming County ranks near the middle 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
12.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.7%
Working age (18–64)11.4%
Seniors (65+)9.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.8%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.6%
Spanish1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lycoming County, anchored by Williamsport in the north-central Susquehanna Valley, has shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past decade, posting a 41.5-point margin in 2024 that ranks among the state's largest outside its major metro areas.
The Republican margin here reached sixty points in 1928. The 2024 margin was forty-one points.
A population of 113,489, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,917 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wells County and Adams County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lycoming County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 41.3 points (R+41), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 59,846 votes cast, 17,216 went Democratic and 41,961 went Republican.
What is Lycoming County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 4 times, Republican 29 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lycoming County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lycoming County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania?
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania has a population of 113,489 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania is $63,917 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.