† 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
GroupShaker HeightsOhioUnited States
German14.5%22.3%12.5%
Irish11.4%12.3%9.4%
Italian7.8%5.8%4.8%
Polish6.4%3.2%2.2%
English6.3%11.0%9.5%
American2.8%5.6%5.3%
Hungarian2.4%——
Slovak2.0%——
African American†31.1%10.5%9.9%
African0.9%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Asian Indian1.4%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.8%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Puerto Rican2.3%1.2%1.8%
Mexican0.8%2.0%11.3%
Dominican0.2%—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
Shaker Heights
Ohio
United States
Median age
41.8
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
5.5%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.5%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shaker Heights
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$104,073
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.4%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
69.3%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shaker Heights
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.1%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
3.7%
2.7%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
1.2%
2.0%
Other languages
2.3%
0.7%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shaker Heights
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.
Shaker Heights, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+62.1%
2008
+65.4%
2012
+61.3%
2016
+74.2%
2020
+76.7%
2024
+76.3%
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
87.6%Harris14,585
11.3%Trump1,885
1.1%
D+76.3
R+0.4
D+77.7
16,655
D
87.9%Biden15,798
11.2%Trump2,016
0.9%
D+76.7
D+2.5
D+72.2
17,969
D
85.9%Clinton14,466
11.7%Trump1,972
2.4%
D+74.2
D+12.9
D+72.1
16,849
D
79.7%Obama14,643
18.4%Romney3,384
1.9%
D+61.3
R+4.2
D+57.4
18,380
D
82.4%Obama14,597
17.0%McCain3,005
0.7%
D+65.4
D+3.4
D+58.2
17,718
D
81.0%Kerry14,259
18.9%Bush3,335
0.0%
D+62.1
—
D+64.5
17,600
Shaker Heights delivers lopsided results in statewide races, driven by a highly educated, racially diverse population that has made it one of Greater Cleveland's most reliably progressive-voting municipalities for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 76.7 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 76.3 points.
A population of 28,922, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $104,073 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oak Park and Homewood.
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, Shaker Heights, Ohio voted Democratic by 76.3 points (D+76.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 16,655 votes cast, 14,585 went Democratic and 1,885 went Republican.
How many people live in Shaker Heights, Ohio?
Shaker Heights, Ohio has a population of 28,922 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shaker Heights, Ohio?
Median household income in Shaker Heights, Ohio is $104,073 — above the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Shaker Heights, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Shaker Heights, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
