Montour County, Pennsylvania: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+21%. Republican peak: R+44 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,1032024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,9762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bartholomew County, IN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Montour CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Montour 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 | +25.0% |
| 1896 | +11.2% |
| 1900 | +18.0% |
| 1904 | −5.4% |
| 1908 | +11.9% |
| 1912 | +42.2% |
| 1916 | +17.3% |
| 1920 | −9.9% |
| 1924 | −15.6% |
| 1928 | −43.6% |
| 1932 | +10.6% |
| 1936 | +20.0% |
| 1940 | +6.1% |
| 1944 | −10.4% |
| 1948 | −15.5% |
| 1952 | −24.4% |
| 1956 | −31.5% |
| 1960 | −22.5% |
| 1964 | +18.6% |
| 1968 | −17.6% |
| 1972 | −41.8% |
| 1976 | −8.8% |
| 1980 | −18.5% |
| 1984 | −33.9% |
| 1988 | −27.8% |
| 1992 | −14.2% |
| 1996 | −10.4% |
| 2000 | −24.7% |
| 2004 | −29.3% |
| 2008 | −15.1% |
| 2012 | −20.3% |
| 2016 | −28.4% |
| 2020 | −21.2% |
| 2024 | −20.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,862 | 5,944 | 9,947 | ||
| R | 3,771 | 5,844 | 9,771 | ||
| R | 2,857 | 5,288 | 8,556 | ||
| R | 3,053 | 4,652 | 7,859 | ||
| R | 3,364 | 4,574 | 8,023 | ||
| R | 2,666 | 4,903 | 7,624 | ||
| R | 2,356 | 3,960 | 6,495 | ||
| R | 2,183 | 2,785 | 5,811 | ||
| R | 2,150 | 3,096 | 6,646 | ||
| R | 2,031 | 3,617 | 5,696 | ||
| R | 2,055 | 4,174 | 6,248 | ||
| R | 2,272 | 3,399 | 6,096 | ||
| R | 2,727 | 3,259 | 6,075 | ||
| R | 1,755 | 4,386 | 6,298 | ||
| R | 2,239 | 3,289 | 5,976 | ||
| D | 3,683 | 2,527 | 6,214 | ||
| R | 2,629 | 4,154 | 6,791 | ||
| R | 2,072 | 3,976 | 6,051 | ||
| R | 2,264 | 3,725 | 5,996 | ||
| R | 1,964 | 2,690 | 4,670 | ||
| R | 2,212 | 2,727 | 4,947 | ||
| D | 3,080 | 2,723 | 5,807 | ||
| D | 3,534 | 2,350 | 5,914 | ||
| D | 2,677 | 2,159 | 4,880 | ||
| R | 1,445 | 3,692 | 5,150 | ||
| R | 1,799 | 2,499 | 4,476 | ||
| R | 1,872 | 2,296 | 4,271 | ||
| D | 1,530 | 1,068 | 2,663 | ||
| D | 1,492 | 308 | 2,805 | ||
| D | 1,490 | 1,164 | 2,749 | ||
| R | 1,358 | 1,518 | 2,955 | ||
| D | 1,875 | 1,292 | 3,239 | ||
| D | 1,747 | 1,384 | 3,245 | ||
| D | 1,877 | 1,108 | 3,080 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
31.0%
English
15.5%
Irish
10.5%
Italian
5.1%
Polish
4.3%
American
3.3%
French
1.6%
African American
1.9%
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: 42.9 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
$76,976
Montour County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Montour County$76,976
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Montour County 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
8.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.8%
Working age (18–64)7.6%
Seniors (65+)9.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European4.0%
Spanish2.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.6%
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.
Montour County, anchored by the small city of Danville, has shifted markedly rightward over the past two decades. In 2024 it backed the Republican presidential candidate by 21 points, reflecting broader rural consolidation across central Pennsylvania.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-four points in 1928 at its widest — Montour County has trended Democratic. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
A median household income of $76,976 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 18,103 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bartholomew County and Washington County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Montour County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Montour County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 20.9 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,947 votes cast, 3,862 went Democratic and 5,944 went Republican.
What is Montour County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Montour County, Pennsylvania 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 10 times, Republican 24 times, and other 0 times.
When did Montour County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Montour County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Montour County, Pennsylvania?
Montour County, Pennsylvania has a population of 18,103 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Montour County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Montour County, Pennsylvania is $76,976 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Montour County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Montour County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.