A small college town anchoring a rural Pennsylvania corridor
Home to Bucknell University, the Lewisburg metro blends a highly educated enclave with the surrounding Union County's reliably Republican-leaning electorate, producing consistent split-ticket patterns in state and federal races.
| Group | Lewisburg, PA | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 85.9% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(7) | 6.3% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(11) | 4.8% | 19.3% |
▶Asian(6) | 1.6% | 6.0% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.1% | 4.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(5) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
Native American / Alaska Native | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -22.0pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.2% | 44.4% | — | — | |
| 11.1% | 32.3% | — | — | |
| 5.1% | 14.8% | — | — | |
| 1.9% | 5.5% | — | — | |
| 0.8% | 2.4% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.8% | 2.4% | — | — |
| 0.1% | 0.4% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 65.7% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Lewisburg, PA metro area? 172,682 residents across 4 counties.
22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 11pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+9 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+23.4 | R+23.1 | 0.2pp |