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1876–2024
Steamboat Springs, CO·Colorado

Steamboat Springs, CO delivered D+1 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

Resort-town prosperity meets a stubborn independent streak

1876 — 2024·38 elections
CO
Latest
D+1
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
38,291
2024 ACS

Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado: Tossup metro. In 2024, voted D+1%. Democratic peak: D+80 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+1MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
38,2912024 5-year
Median household income
$95,2312024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
81.9%2024 5-year
Black
0.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
11.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+80 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+49 in 1892MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 1 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+1.5%
11,37511,03423,006
D
+0.8%
11,78511,59523,902
R
−10.0%
8,47410,53520,511
R
−6.6%
8,87710,16419,485
D
+5.2%
9,8528,86019,070
R
−9.7%
7,7479,44617,487
R
−19.2%
5,4318,31214,975
R
−1.5%
5,2955,48512,673
D
+3.1%
4,5744,16713,256
R
−13.5%
4,5566,02110,838
R
−40.3%
3,2797,86911,389
R
−33.5%
3,0236,91811,627
R
−14.9%
3,5814,9218,983
R
−32.3%
2,2044,5577,279
R
−26.4%
1,8413,3875,851
D
+16.1%
3,5102,5336,067
R
−13.1%
2,6143,4056,024
R
−25.3%
2,1273,5735,708
R
−26.0%
2,3834,0656,480
D
+7.2%
3,1892,7536,042
R
−7.3%
2,8633,3146,205
D
+0.8%
3,8313,7687,646
D
+20.6%
3,9072,4956,839
D
+23.2%
4,0312,4486,816
R
−21.2%
2,3553,6506,102
R
−19.8%
1,7632,8315,395
R
−25.7%
1,8133,1485,202
D
+31.9%
2,7121,3614,241
D
+20.9%
1,8171,0323,764
D
+11.9%
1,4031,0982,571
R
−23.1%
8561,3842,286
D
+17.8%
8285751,423
D
+79.7%
1,1051221,233
O
−49.2%
0325661
R
−25.0%
219366588
R
−18.4%
73106179
R
−34.5%
193958
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.4%
English
14.2%
Irish
13.0%
Italian
4.2%
American
4.1%
Polish
3.5%
Scottish
3.1%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
0.8%
2.2%
75–84
2.3%
6.2%
65–74
5.7%
7.3%
55–64
7.1%
7.2%
45–54
6.1%
7.4%
35–44
7.0%
7.1%
25–34
6.5%
4.0%
18–24
2.8%
8.0%
5–17
7.4%
2.0%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$95,231
Steamboat Springs, CO ranks near the middle of US counties.
Steamboat Springs, CO$95,231
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
6.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 184.0%
Working age (18–64)6.7%
Seniors (65+)9.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.8%
speak English only
Spanish6.2%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
12.8%
Other Christian
8.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Baptist
2.2%
Methodist
1.2%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Routt County's ski economy draws high-income transplants who have gradually softened a historically Republican lean, making Steamboat Springs one of Colorado's more competitive small mountain markets.

The metro's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached eighty points in 1896; the Republican margin reached forty-nine points in 1892. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 38,291, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $95,231 — situate the metro close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado voted Democratic by 1.5 points (D+1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 23,006 votes cast, 11,375 went Democratic and 11,034 went Republican.
What is Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado as a "Tossup" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 22 times, and other 1 times.
When did Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado?
Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado has a population of 38,291 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado?
Median household income in Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado is $95,231 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.