† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAltoona-Huntingdon, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German33.1%21.6%12.5%
Irish16.3%14.8%9.4%
English9.3%8.3%9.5%
Italian8.4%10.6%4.8%
American6.4%4.4%5.3%
Polish3.7%5.4%2.2%
Scottish1.7%1.1%1.3%
French0.9%—1.6%
African American†2.3%8.7%9.9%
Puerto Rican0.6%3.7%1.8%
Mexican0.2%1.4%11.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Altoona-Huntingdon, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
43.3
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.6%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Altoona-Huntingdon, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$63,222
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.0%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Altoona-Huntingdon, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.2%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
5.6%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.1%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Altoona-Huntingdon, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
10.2%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.2%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.0%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
15.2%
10.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Altoona-Huntingdon, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−17.3%
1896
−35.1%
1900
−36.4%
1904
−51.9%
1908
−34.7%
1912
+6.8%
1916
−18.6%
1920
−37.6%
1924
−53.3%
1928
−52.7%
1932
−21.5%
1936
−0.1%
1940
−13.6%
1944
−19.7%
1948
−25.4%
1952
−32.6%
1956
−32.4%
1960
−31.5%
1964
+4.2%
1968
−27.8%
1972
−51.1%
1976
−20.3%
1980
−28.1%
1984
−33.4%
1988
−25.5%
1992
−14.4%
1996
−15.0%
2000
−29.4%
2004
−33.1%
2008
−25.1%
2012
−34.7%
2016
−46.7%
2020
−45.5%
2024
−45.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
26.7%Harris23,495
72.6%Trump63,979
0.4%Oliver382 +1
R+45.9
R+0.5
R+44.5
88,105
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican72.6%63,979
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic26.7%23,495
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%382
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%249
R
26.7%Biden23,081
72.2%Trump62,367
1.1%
R+45.5
D+1.2
R+49.9
86,387
R
24.6%Clinton18,497
71.3%Trump53,629
4.1%
R+46.7
R+12.0
R+48.8
75,207
R
31.9%Obama21,685
66.6%Romney45,298
1.6%
R+34.7
R+9.6
R+38.6
68,057
R
36.9%Obama26,434
62.0%McCain44,453
1.2%
R+25.1
D+8.0
R+32.4
71,734
R
33.2%Kerry23,984
66.3%Bush47,877
0.5%
R+33.1
R+3.7
R+30.6
72,236
R
34.1%Gore20,847
63.5%Bush38,784
2.4%
R+29.4
R+14.3
R+29.9
61,101
R
36.8%Clinton20,321
51.8%Dole28,606
11.3%
R+15.0
R+0.6
R+23.5
55,186
R
33.1%Clinton20,010
47.5%Bush28,696
19.4%
R+14.4
D+11.1
R+19.9
60,458
R
36.8%Dukakis20,340
62.3%Bush34,423
1.0%
R+25.5
D+7.9
R+17.7
55,293
R
33.1%Mondale20,081
66.5%Reagan40,324
0.4%
R+33.4
R+5.2
R+15.2
60,636
R
33.4%Carter20,108
61.5%Reagan37,071
5.2%
R+28.1
R+7.9
R+18.4
60,287
R
39.1%Carter23,807
59.4%Ford36,133
1.5%
R+20.3
D+30.9
R+22.3
60,828
R
23.4%McGovern13,417
74.5%Nixon42,732
2.1%
R+51.1
R+23.4
R+28.0
57,326
R
32.3%Humphrey19,931
60.1%Nixon37,056
7.6%
R+27.8
R+32.0
R+27.1
61,684
D
52.0%Johnson33,592
47.8%Goldwater30,872
0.2%
D+4.2
D+35.7
R+18.4
64,570
R
34.2%Kennedy24,155
65.7%Nixon46,413
0.1%
R+31.5
D+0.9
R+31.7
70,673
R
33.8%Stevenson22,121
66.1%Eisenhower43,321
0.1%
R+32.4
D+0.2
R+17.0
65,524
R
33.6%Stevenson21,169
66.1%Eisenhower41,693
0.3%
R+32.6
R+7.2
R+21.8
63,032
R
36.8%Truman17,354
62.2%Dewey29,325
1.0%
R+25.4
R+5.7
R+29.9
47,133
R
39.9%Roosevelt22,134
59.6%Dewey33,031
0.5%
R+19.7
R+6.1
R+27.2
55,426
R
43.1%Roosevelt27,204
56.6%Willkie35,780
0.3%
R+13.6
R+13.5
R+23.5
63,167
R
49.2%Roosevelt34,467
49.3%Landon34,526
1.4%
R+0.1
D+21.5
R+24.3
69,989
R
37.7%Roosevelt17,135
59.3%Hoover26,924
3.0%
R+21.5
D+31.2
R+39.3
45,438
R
23.3%Smith13,574
76.0%Hoover44,276
0.6%
R+52.7
D+0.6
R+35.3
58,228
R
14.4%Davis5,732
67.7%Coolidge26,880
17.8%
R+53.3
R+15.7
R+28.1
39,683
R
21.8%Cox7,452
59.4%Harding20,267
18.8%
R+37.6
R+18.9
R+11.4
34,116
R
37.9%Wilson9,183
56.5%Hughes13,699
5.7%
R+18.6
R+25.4
R+21.8
24,254
O
23.9%Wilson5,646
17.1%Taft4,041
58.9%
Roosevelt +35.0
D+41.5
R+12.7
23,576
R
29.2%Bryan6,898
64.0%Taft15,086
6.8%
R+34.7
D+17.2
R+25.2
23,584
R
21.5%Parker4,999
73.4%Roosevelt17,069
5.1%
R+51.9
R+15.5
R+32.2
23,266
R
30.1%Bryan6,517
66.5%McKinley14,394
3.4%
R+36.4
R+1.3
R+28.8
21,654
R
30.6%Bryan7,145
65.7%McKinley15,351
3.8%
R+35.1
R+17.8
R+29.0
23,373
R
39.7%Cleveland7,940
57.1%Harrison11,401
3.2%
R+17.3
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R+19.0
19,979
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
27.4%24,027
70.3%61,651
87,751
2022
R
28.3%19,428
68.8%47,249
68,637
2018
R
33.4%19,725
64.9%38,317
59,076
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+40.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+45.9
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.0 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Altoona-Huntingdon, PA in Altoona-Huntingdon, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+189
2012
−293
2013
−405
2014
−401
2015
−631
2016
−672
2017
−50
2018
−223
2019
−332
2021
+213
2022
−1,211
2023
+400
2024
+50
2025
−387
Altoona-Huntingdon, PA sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 6.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 53.3 points in 1924. The 2024 margin was 45.9 points.
A population of 164,930, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,222 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA and Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA.
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How did Altoona-Huntingdon, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Altoona-Huntingdon, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 45.9 points (R+45.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 88,105 votes cast, 23,495 went Democratic and 63,979 went Republican.
When did Altoona-Huntingdon, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Altoona-Huntingdon, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Altoona-Huntingdon, PA, Pennsylvania?
Altoona-Huntingdon, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 164,930 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Altoona-Huntingdon, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Altoona-Huntingdon, PA, Pennsylvania is $63,222 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Altoona-Huntingdon, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Altoona-Huntingdon, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.
