† 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
GroupChadronNebraskaUnited States
German31.6%31.0%12.5%
English24.3%9.4%9.5%
Irish10.2%11.7%9.4%
Czech4.1%3.4%—
French3.3%—1.6%
American2.6%3.5%5.3%
Scottish2.5%—1.3%
Norwegian2.3%——
Mexican1.6%8.7%11.3%
Spaniard0.4%——
Taiwanese0.6%——
Korean0.5%—0.4%
Laotian0.5%——
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Oglala Sioux3.1%0.1%—
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
Chadron
Nebraska
United States
Median age
30.5
37.3
39.1
Age 18–24
24.5%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.6%
16.8%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chadron
Nebraska
United States
Median household income
$54,590
$76,475
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.2%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.6%
34.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chadron
Nebraska
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.4%
12.8%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chadron
Nebraska
United States
Catholic
—
19.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.8%
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.
Chadron, Nebraska
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−34.8%
2008
−17.6%
2012
−24.0%
2016
−33.1%
2020
−26.9%
2024
−29.6%
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
34.2%Harris693
63.7%Trump1,292
2.1%
R+29.6
R+2.7
R+28.1
2,027
R
34.9%Biden755
61.8%Trump1,336
3.3%
R+26.9
D+6.2
R+31.3
2,162
R
29.3%Clinton552
62.4%Trump1,177
8.4%
R+33.1
R+9.2
R+35.2
1,887
R
36.4%Obama678
60.4%Romney1,124
3.2%
R+24.0
R+6.3
R+27.8
1,861
R
39.7%Obama828
57.4%McCain1,196
2.9%
R+17.6
D+17.2
R+24.9
2,085
R
32.6%Kerry688
67.4%Bush1,424
0.0%
R+34.8
—
R+32.4
2,113
Home to Chadron State College, the city draws a student population that moderates an otherwise heavily rural, Republican-leaning electorate in Dawes County, where presidential margins have routinely exceeded 40 points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 34.8 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.6 points.
A population of 5,160, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,590 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tonganoxie and Powell.
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, Chadron, Nebraska voted Republican by 29.6 points (R+29.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,027 votes cast, 693 went Democratic and 1,292 went Republican.
How many people live in Chadron, Nebraska?
Chadron, Nebraska has a population of 5,160 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chadron, Nebraska?
Median household income in Chadron, Nebraska is $54,590 — below the national median of $80,734. The Nebraska state median is $76,475.
What is the political history of Chadron, Nebraska?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Chadron, Nebraska from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
