† 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
GroupWellstonOhioUnited States
English12.7%11.0%9.5%
Irish12.2%12.3%9.4%
German12.0%22.3%12.5%
American7.3%5.6%5.3%
Welsh4.0%——
Scottish1.5%1.5%1.3%
Italian1.1%5.8%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%——
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
Wellston
Ohio
United States
Median age
40.1
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.9%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wellston
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$56,193
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.0%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.0%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wellston
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.2%
8.0%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wellston
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.
Wellston, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−11.4%
2008
−11.7%
2012
−12.8%
2016
−39.9%
2020
−46.7%
2024
−50.3%
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
R
24.5%Harris519
74.8%Trump1,585
0.8%
R+50.3
R+3.6
R+48.8
2,120
R
26.0%Biden573
72.7%Trump1,601
1.3%
R+46.7
R+6.8
R+51.1
2,203
R
28.2%Clinton574
68.0%Trump1,386
3.8%
R+39.9
R+27.1
R+42.0
2,037
R
41.7%Obama867
54.5%Romney1,132
3.8%
R+12.8
R+1.0
R+16.6
2,077
R
42.5%Obama941
54.2%McCain1,200
3.2%
R+11.7
R+0.3
R+19.0
2,212
R
43.9%Kerry987
55.3%Bush1,243
0.7%
R+11.4
—
R+8.9
2,246
Wellston sits in the Hanging Rock Iron Region, where the collapse of iron and coal industries over decades drove population loss and a sharp rightward shift in presidential margins since 2000.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 50.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.3 points.
A population of 5,452, a 98% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,193 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Henryetta and Wheelersburg.
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, Wellston, Ohio voted Republican by 50.3 points (R+50.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,120 votes cast, 519 went Democratic and 1,585 went Republican.
How many people live in Wellston, Ohio?
Wellston, Ohio has a population of 5,452 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wellston, Ohio?
Median household income in Wellston, Ohio is $56,193 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Wellston, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Wellston, Ohio from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
