† 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
GroupScottsburgIndianaUnited States
English12.9%11.3%9.5%
German10.5%19.5%12.5%
American9.7%6.9%5.3%
Irish7.1%10.1%9.4%
Scottish1.9%1.5%1.3%
Italian1.5%2.4%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%——
French0.9%1.3%1.6%
Mexican2.7%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.8%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
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
Scottsburg
Indiana
United States
Median age
34.9
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.4%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Scottsburg
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$38,578
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
23.4%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.9%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Scottsburg
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.6%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
5.5%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
0.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Scottsburg
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.
Scottsburg, Indiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−10.4%
2008
−1.6%
2012
−2.5%
2016
−30.2%
2020
−34.8%
2024
−42.1%
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
28.2%Harris781
70.3%Trump1,945
1.5%
R+42.1
R+7.3
R+40.6
2,768
R
31.7%Biden896
66.5%Trump1,878
1.8%
R+34.8
R+4.6
R+39.2
2,825
R
32.3%Clinton831
62.5%Trump1,607
5.2%
R+30.2
R+27.7
R+32.2
2,573
R
47.7%Obama1,128
50.2%Romney1,187
2.1%
R+2.5
R+0.9
R+6.3
2,365
R
48.1%Obama1,193
49.7%McCain1,232
2.2%
R+1.6
D+8.9
R+8.8
2,480
R
44.6%Kerry1,068
55.0%Bush1,318
0.4%
R+10.4
—
R+8.0
2,395
Scottsburg serves as the commercial and governmental hub of one of Indiana's more economically distressed counties, where decades of factory closures left a workforce that has swung toward wide Republican margins in recent election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 42.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.1 points.
A population of 7,362, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $38,578 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Winchester and Portland.
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, Scottsburg, Indiana voted Republican by 42.1 points (R+42.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,768 votes cast, 781 went Democratic and 1,945 went Republican.
How many people live in Scottsburg, Indiana?
Scottsburg, Indiana has a population of 7,362 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Scottsburg, Indiana?
Median household income in Scottsburg, Indiana is $38,578 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Scottsburg, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Scottsburg, Indiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
