† 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
GroupHermistonOregonUnited States
Mexican45.9%11.5%11.3%
Guatemalan2.0%0.4%0.5%
Spanish1.7%0.4%—
Spaniard0.7%0.4%—
Honduran0.6%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.6%0.2%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.4%1.8%
German9.9%16.3%12.5%
English8.6%14.1%9.5%
Irish6.6%11.1%9.4%
American4.3%4.3%5.3%
Scottish2.3%3.0%1.3%
Norwegian2.2%3.1%—
Italian2.1%3.5%4.8%
French1.2%2.1%1.6%
Maya2.3%——
Aztec2.3%——
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
Hermiston
Oregon
United States
Median age
30.9
40.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.9%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.0%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hermiston
Oregon
United States
Median household income
$66,998
$83,011
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.1%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.7%
36.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hermiston
Oregon
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
44.5%
15.3%
22.3%
Spanish
42.9%
9.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hermiston
Oregon
United States
Catholic
—
11.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
66.9%
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.
Hermiston, Oregon
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−28.3%
2008
−18.6%
2012
−24.9%
2016
−25.6%
2020
−19.9%
2024
−29.1%
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
33.7%Harris2,059
62.8%Trump3,841
3.6%
R+29.1
R+9.2
R+27.7
6,118
R
38.1%Biden2,502
58.0%Trump3,810
3.9%
R+19.9
D+5.7
R+24.4
6,569
R
30.9%Clinton1,655
56.5%Trump3,027
12.6%
R+25.6
R+0.7
R+27.7
5,358
R
35.8%Obama1,718
60.7%Romney2,914
3.5%
R+24.9
R+6.3
R+28.8
4,802
R
39.2%Obama1,900
57.8%McCain2,799
3.0%
R+18.6
D+9.7
R+25.8
4,844
R
35.6%Kerry1,750
63.9%Bush3,138
0.5%
R+28.3
—
R+25.8
4,911
Hermiston anchors Umatilla County's irrigated farmland economy and votes roughly 30 points more Republican than Oregon's statewide median, reflecting a rural, Latino-and-white working-class demographic increasingly common along the Columbia Basin.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 29.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.1 points.
A population of 19,546, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,998 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lemoore and East Hemet.
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, Hermiston, Oregon voted Republican by 29.1 points (R+29.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,118 votes cast, 2,059 went Democratic and 3,841 went Republican.
How many people live in Hermiston, Oregon?
Hermiston, Oregon has a population of 19,546 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hermiston, Oregon?
Median household income in Hermiston, Oregon is $66,998 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Hermiston, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hermiston, Oregon from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
