† 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
GroupBereaOhioUnited States
German21.1%22.3%12.5%
Irish16.6%12.3%9.4%
Italian11.4%5.8%4.8%
Polish9.2%3.2%2.2%
English9.1%11.0%9.5%
American4.1%5.6%5.3%
Hungarian3.6%——
Slovak2.8%——
African American†7.7%10.5%9.9%
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
Puerto Rican2.2%1.2%1.8%
Mexican0.7%2.0%11.3%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Asian Indian0.5%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
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
Berea
Ohio
United States
Median age
37
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
16.2%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.8%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Berea
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$74,926
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.1%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
37.2%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Berea
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.3%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Berea
Ohio
United States
Catholic
—
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.2%
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.
Berea, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+18.6%
2008
+24.5%
2012
+24.7%
2016
+17.5%
2020
+18.3%
2024
+18.2%
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
58.5%Harris5,476
40.3%Trump3,774
1.2%
D+18.2
R+0.1
D+19.7
9,358
D
58.5%Biden5,793
40.3%Trump3,983
1.2%
D+18.3
D+0.8
D+13.8
9,895
D
56.2%Clinton5,267
38.6%Trump3,623
5.2%
D+17.5
R+7.2
D+15.4
9,376
D
61.4%Obama5,977
36.7%Romney3,569
1.9%
D+24.7
D+0.3
D+20.9
9,733
D
61.5%Obama6,017
37.0%McCain3,621
1.6%
D+24.5
D+5.9
D+17.2
9,790
D
58.7%Kerry5,886
40.1%Bush4,024
1.2%
D+18.6
—
D+21.0
10,035
Berea sits on the western edge of Cuyahoga County, where a resident university population and a working-class manufacturing legacy combine to produce a mixed electoral profile that often tracks closely with countywide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.7 points in 2012. The 2024 margin was 18.2 points.
A population of 18,218, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,926 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fairview Park and Mayfield 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, Berea, Ohio voted Democratic by 18.2 points (D+18.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,358 votes cast, 5,476 went Democratic and 3,774 went Republican.
How many people live in Berea, Ohio?
Berea, Ohio has a population of 18,218 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Berea, Ohio?
Median household income in Berea, Ohio is $74,926 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Berea, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Berea, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
