† 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
GroupBlufftonIndianaUnited States
German29.0%19.5%12.5%
English13.1%11.3%9.5%
Irish8.2%10.1%9.4%
American7.7%6.9%5.3%
French2.0%1.3%1.6%
Scottish2.0%1.5%1.3%
Dutch1.7%——
Italian1.2%2.4%4.8%
Mexican3.0%5.7%11.3%
Nicaraguan0.7%——
Puerto Rican0.6%0.8%1.8%
Venezuelan0.3%0.2%—
African American†1.8%7.7%9.9%
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
Bluffton
Indiana
United States
Median age
38.9
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bluffton
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$57,539
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.5%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.7%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bluffton
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.7%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.8%
5.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bluffton
Indiana
United States
Catholic
—
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
57.9%
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.
Bluffton, Indiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−39.7%
2008
−20.7%
2012
−34.1%
2016
−48.8%
2020
−47.8%
2024
−49.8%
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
24.3%Harris1,076
74.0%Trump3,284
1.7%
R+49.8
R+2.0
R+48.3
4,436
R
24.9%Biden1,122
72.7%Trump3,273
2.4%
R+47.8
D+1.1
R+52.2
4,503
R
22.6%Clinton952
71.4%Trump3,007
5.9%
R+48.8
R+14.7
R+50.9
4,209
R
31.9%Obama1,332
66.1%Romney2,756
2.0%
R+34.1
R+13.4
R+38.0
4,172
R
38.8%Obama1,633
59.5%McCain2,504
1.7%
R+20.7
D+19.0
R+28.0
4,208
R
30.1%Kerry1,160
69.8%Bush2,693
0.1%
R+39.7
—
R+37.3
3,857
Bluffton sits at the center of Wells County, a reliably Republican-leaning corner of northeast Indiana where industrial employment and small-city demographics have kept voter patterns stable across recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 49.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.8 points.
A population of 10,529, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,539 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greensburg and Olney.
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, Bluffton, Indiana voted Republican by 49.8 points (R+49.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,436 votes cast, 1,076 went Democratic and 3,284 went Republican.
How many people live in Bluffton, Indiana?
Bluffton, Indiana has a population of 10,529 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bluffton, Indiana?
Median household income in Bluffton, Indiana is $57,539 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Bluffton, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bluffton, Indiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
