† 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
GroupPhilomathOregonUnited States
German21.1%16.3%12.5%
English18.0%14.1%9.5%
Irish14.1%11.1%9.4%
Italian4.0%3.5%4.8%
Scottish3.9%3.0%1.3%
Norwegian3.8%3.1%—
American3.4%4.3%5.3%
French3.1%2.1%1.6%
Mexican1.4%11.5%11.3%
Maya0.5%——
Chinese1.2%0.9%1.3%
Asian Indian0.6%0.7%1.4%
Korean0.5%0.4%0.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.7%0.6%
Japanese0.3%0.3%0.2%
Filipino0.2%0.5%0.9%
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
Philomath
Oregon
United States
Median age
37.3
40.6
39.1
Age 18–24
13.3%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.6%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Philomath
Oregon
United States
Median household income
$83,672
$83,011
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
50.6%
36.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Philomath
Oregon
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.2%
15.3%
22.3%
Spanish
1.9%
9.0%
13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.0%
0.7%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.4%
1.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Philomath
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.
Philomath, Oregon
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+2.7%
2008
+17.6%
2012
+18.9%
2016
+12.1%
2020
+24.4%
2024
+24.0%
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
59.7%Harris1,940
35.6%Trump1,158
4.7%
D+24.0
R+0.4
D+25.5
3,252
D
59.7%Biden1,931
35.2%Trump1,141
5.1%
D+24.4
D+12.3
D+20.0
3,237
D
48.0%Clinton1,214
35.8%Trump907
16.2%
D+12.1
R+6.8
D+10.0
2,530
D
57.2%Obama1,426
38.3%Romney955
4.5%
D+18.9
D+1.3
D+15.0
2,494
D
57.6%Obama1,397
40.0%McCain970
2.5%
D+17.6
D+14.9
D+10.3
2,427
D
50.9%Kerry1,236
48.2%Bush1,171
0.9%
D+2.7
—
D+5.1
2,428
Philomath sits at the edge of the Willamette Valley where a historically timber-dependent economy meets a modest college presence, producing a mixed electorate that leans Democratic in statewide races while retaining competitive margins locally.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.4 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 24.0 points.
A population of 5,642, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,672 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of West Pleasant View and Jennings Lodge.
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, Philomath, Oregon voted Democratic by 24.0 points (D+24.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,252 votes cast, 1,940 went Democratic and 1,158 went Republican.
How many people live in Philomath, Oregon?
Philomath, Oregon has a population of 5,642 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Philomath, Oregon?
Median household income in Philomath, Oregon is $83,672 — above the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Philomath, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Philomath, Oregon from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
