† 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
GroupStillwaterMinnesotaUnited States
German35.2%29.2%12.5%
Irish14.2%9.9%9.4%
Norwegian11.8%12.1%—
Swedish8.9%6.5%—
English8.3%6.6%9.5%
Polish4.9%3.7%2.2%
Italian4.3%—4.8%
French4.0%1.8%1.6%
Mexican4.5%3.9%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.3%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.3%——
Hmong1.1%1.7%—
Asian Indian0.3%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.5%1.3%
African American†0.5%3.8%9.9%
Ethiopian0.2%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
Stillwater
Minnesota
United States
Median age
42.5
39
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.8%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Stillwater
Minnesota
United States
Median household income
$105,853
$89,062
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.3%
9.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
51.0%
39.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Stillwater
Minnesota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.0%
12.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.6%
4.2%
13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.4%
0.4%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Stillwater
Minnesota
United States
Catholic
—
19.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.6%
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.
Stillwater, Minnesota
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+5.1%
2008
+12.6%
2012
+8.5%
2016
+11.2%
2020
+18.1%
2024
+19.0%
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
58.3%Harris7,509
39.4%Trump5,068
2.3%
D+19.0
D+0.8
D+20.4
12,869
D
57.9%Biden7,434
39.8%Trump5,104
2.3%
D+18.1
D+7.0
D+13.7
12,839
D
50.9%Clinton5,905
39.7%Trump4,610
9.4%
D+11.2
D+2.6
D+9.1
11,609
D
53.3%Obama6,184
44.8%Romney5,194
2.0%
D+8.5
R+4.1
D+4.7
11,606
D
55.5%Obama6,407
42.9%McCain4,950
1.6%
D+12.6
D+7.6
D+5.3
11,547
D
51.8%Kerry5,592
46.8%Bush5,046
1.4%
D+5.1
—
D+7.5
10,790
Stillwater sits at the eastern edge of the Twin Cities metro along the Wisconsin border, where a tourism-driven downtown and fast-growing residential fringe produce a competitive mix of suburban swing voters and longtime conservative-leaning homeowners.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.0 points.
A population of 19,355, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $105,853 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of White Bear Lake and Vadnais Heights.
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, Stillwater, Minnesota voted Democratic by 19.0 points (D+19.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,869 votes cast, 7,509 went Democratic and 5,068 went Republican.
How many people live in Stillwater, Minnesota?
Stillwater, Minnesota has a population of 19,355 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stillwater, Minnesota?
Median household income in Stillwater, Minnesota is $105,853 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Stillwater, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Stillwater, Minnesota from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
