† 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
GroupHiawathaIowaUnited States
German28.1%30.5%12.5%
Irish13.0%12.8%9.4%
English10.7%10.2%9.5%
Czech4.3%——
Norwegian3.8%4.1%—
American3.5%4.6%5.3%
French1.8%—1.6%
Swedish1.8%1.9%—
Asian Indian3.2%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.6%0.3%1.3%
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.6%0.3%0.6%
Korean0.6%0.2%0.4%
Burmese0.6%0.3%—
African American†5.5%2.6%9.9%
African0.5%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Sudanese0.2%0.2%—
Mexican6.9%5.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.3%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.4%0.5%
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
Hiawatha
Iowa
United States
Median age
32.4
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.7%
18.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hiawatha
Iowa
United States
Median household income
$66,270
$75,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.7%
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.4%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hiawatha
Iowa
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.5%
9.2%
22.3%
Spanish
5.4%
4.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
6.8%
0.6%
2.0%
Other languages
1.2%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hiawatha
Iowa
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
10.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
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.
Hiawatha, Iowa
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+10.6%
2008
+22.4%
2012
+17.2%
2016
+8.2%
2020
+9.6%
2024
+7.0%
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
52.4%Harris2,066
45.5%Trump1,792
2.1%
D+7.0
R+2.7
D+8.4
3,940
D
53.4%Biden2,074
43.8%Trump1,700
2.8%
D+9.6
D+1.4
D+5.2
3,882
D
50.1%Clinton1,778
41.9%Trump1,486
8.0%
D+8.2
R+8.9
D+6.1
3,547
D
57.6%Obama2,191
40.5%Romney1,538
1.9%
D+17.2
R+5.3
D+13.3
3,801
D
60.3%Obama2,263
37.9%McCain1,421
1.8%
D+22.4
D+11.8
D+15.2
3,752
D
54.5%Kerry2,004
43.9%Bush1,613
1.7%
D+10.6
—
D+13.1
3,678
Hiawatha sits on Cedar Rapids' northern edge and has grown steadily as the metro expanded, giving it a suburban demographic profile that has tracked broader shifts in Linn County's competitive voting patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.4 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.0 points.
A population of 7,206, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,270 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Morris and Menomonie.
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, Hiawatha, Iowa voted Democratic by 7.0 points (D+7.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,940 votes cast, 2,066 went Democratic and 1,792 went Republican.
How many people live in Hiawatha, Iowa?
Hiawatha, Iowa has a population of 7,206 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hiawatha, Iowa?
Median household income in Hiawatha, Iowa is $66,270 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Hiawatha, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hiawatha, Iowa from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
