† 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
GroupEdwardsvilleIllinoisUnited States
German27.5%16.1%12.5%
Irish13.8%10.6%9.4%
English13.5%6.9%9.5%
American5.1%3.3%5.3%
Italian4.9%5.4%4.8%
Polish2.5%6.0%2.2%
French2.4%0.7%1.6%
Scottish1.6%—1.3%
African American†7.2%12.1%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Mexican2.4%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.7%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
Spanish0.2%——
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
Edwardsville
Illinois
United States
Median age
31.8
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
24.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.5%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Edwardsville
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$86,721
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
52.6%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Edwardsville
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.4%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
14.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Edwardsville
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
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.
Edwardsville, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+7.8%
2008
+13.8%
2012
+5.8%
2016
+9.2%
2020
+17.2%
2024
+19.2%
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
D
58.2%Harris7,830
39.0%Trump5,243
2.8%
D+19.2
D+2.0
D+20.7
13,455
D
57.1%Biden7,841
39.9%Trump5,481
3.0%
D+17.2
D+8.0
D+12.7
13,732
D
50.4%Clinton6,805
41.2%Trump5,559
8.4%
D+9.2
D+3.4
D+7.1
13,494
D
51.5%Obama6,243
45.7%Romney5,541
2.7%
D+5.8
R+8.0
D+1.9
12,115
D
56.1%Obama7,151
42.2%McCain5,386
1.7%
D+13.8
D+6.0
D+6.6
12,755
D
53.7%Kerry6,569
45.9%Bush5,615
0.4%
D+7.8
—
D+10.3
12,230
Home to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the city sits in Madison County — historically blue-collar Democratic territory — yet its educated, suburban profile increasingly makes it a soft battleground in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.2 points.
A population of 26,474, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,721 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Matthews and Oxford.
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, Edwardsville, Illinois voted Democratic by 19.2 points (D+19.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 13,455 votes cast, 7,830 went Democratic and 5,243 went Republican.
How many people live in Edwardsville, Illinois?
Edwardsville, Illinois has a population of 26,474 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Edwardsville, Illinois?
Median household income in Edwardsville, Illinois is $86,721 — above the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Edwardsville, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Edwardsville, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
