† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupRifleColoradoUnited States
German14.7%17.9%12.5%
English11.9%12.6%9.5%
Irish9.7%11.2%9.4%
Italian3.8%4.9%4.8%
American3.1%3.5%5.3%
Scottish2.3%2.5%1.3%
Norwegian2.3%——
Polish1.9%2.1%2.2%
Mexican38.0%15.8%11.3%
Salvadoran2.3%0.3%0.7%
Spanish1.4%1.2%—
Argentinean0.9%——
Guatemalan0.8%—0.5%
Spaniard0.8%1.0%—
Puerto Rican0.6%0.7%1.8%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Maya3.3%——
Native Hawaiian1.7%——
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
Rifle
Colorado
United States
Median age
32.4
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
11.8%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
9.6%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rifle
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$80,000
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.0%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.4%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rifle
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
36.8%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
35.8%
11.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rifle
Colorado
United States
Catholic
—
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
64.7%
51.5%
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.
Rifle, Colorado
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−40.1%
2008
−31.7%
2012
−36.7%
2016
−40.4%
2020
−35.2%
2024
−33.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
32.0%Harris1,301
65.5%Trump2,662
2.4%
R+33.5
D+1.7
R+32.0
4,062
R
31.3%Biden1,303
66.5%Trump2,770
2.3%
R+35.2
D+5.2
R+39.7
4,167
R
25.8%Clinton935
66.2%Trump2,403
8.0%
R+40.4
R+3.8
R+42.5
3,630
R
30.5%Obama1,016
67.2%Romney2,237
2.3%
R+36.7
R+5.0
R+40.5
3,331
R
33.1%Obama1,052
64.8%McCain2,058
2.1%
R+31.7
D+8.4
R+38.9
3,178
R
29.7%Kerry854
69.7%Bush2,008
0.6%
R+40.1
—
R+37.6
2,880
Rifle sits in Garfield County's oil and gas corridor, where energy-sector employment tilts voter priorities toward resource policy over the cultural issues that dominate Front Range politics.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 40.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.5 points.
A population of 10,570, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,000 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Guymon and Willis.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Rifle, Colorado voted Republican by 33.5 points (R+33.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,062 votes cast, 1,301 went Democratic and 2,662 went Republican.
How many people live in Rifle, Colorado?
Rifle, Colorado has a population of 10,570 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rifle, Colorado?
Median household income in Rifle, Colorado is $80,000 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Rifle, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Rifle, Colorado from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
