† 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
GroupHarveyIllinoisUnited States
African American†49.6%12.1%9.9%
African1.5%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian1.2%0.3%0.2%
Jamaican0.5%—0.4%
Mexican29.3%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican3.9%1.7%1.8%
Ecuadorian0.9%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.7%0.3%0.5%
Colombian0.6%0.3%0.4%
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.4%——
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
German1.2%16.1%12.5%
Irish1.1%10.6%9.4%
Polish0.9%6.0%2.2%
Italian0.6%5.4%4.8%
English0.5%6.9%9.5%
American0.3%3.3%5.3%
Swedish0.2%1.5%—
Asian Indian0.7%2.1%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.0%1.3%
Filipino0.4%1.0%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.4%0.4%
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
Harvey
Illinois
United States
Median age
36.6
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.0%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Harvey
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$42,429
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
22.6%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
10.9%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Harvey
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
38.3%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
34.9%
14.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.1%
2.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Harvey
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.
Harvey, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+93.6%
2008
+93.5%
2012
+95.4%
2016
+90.8%
2020
+85.4%
2024
+72.7%
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
85.6%Harris4,221
12.9%Trump635
1.5%
D+72.7
R+12.6
D+74.2
4,930
D
92.2%Biden6,009
6.8%Trump445
1.0%
D+85.4
R+5.5
D+80.9
6,517
D
94.6%Clinton7,244
3.7%Trump287
1.7%
D+90.8
R+4.5
D+88.7
7,659
D
96.9%Obama8,493
1.6%Romney136
1.5%
D+95.4
D+1.8
D+91.5
8,763
D
96.3%Obama9,671
2.8%McCain277
0.9%
D+93.5
±0.0
D+86.3
10,043
D
96.8%Kerry8,536
3.2%Bush283
0.0%
D+93.6
—
D+96.0
8,821
Harvey sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.4 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 12.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.7 points.
A population of 20,230, a 3% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $42,429 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Maywood and Forest Hill.
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, Harvey, Illinois voted Democratic by 72.7 points (D+72.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,930 votes cast, 4,221 went Democratic and 635 went Republican.
How many people live in Harvey, Illinois?
Harvey, Illinois has a population of 20,230 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Harvey, Illinois?
Median household income in Harvey, Illinois is $42,429 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Harvey, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Harvey, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
