† 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
GroupFolcroftPennsylvaniaUnited States
African American†38.6%8.7%9.9%
African2.4%0.4%0.5%
Liberian2.0%——
Jamaican1.5%0.3%0.4%
Haitian1.1%0.2%0.3%
Nigerian0.7%—0.2%
Sierra Leonean0.7%——
Ghanaian0.4%——
Irish13.8%14.8%9.4%
Italian8.9%10.6%4.8%
German7.3%21.6%12.5%
English4.8%8.3%9.5%
Polish2.2%5.4%2.2%
American1.7%4.4%5.3%
Scottish0.9%1.1%1.3%
French0.6%—1.6%
Puerto Rican2.3%3.7%1.8%
Mexican1.3%1.4%11.3%
Ecuadorian0.7%——
Honduran0.4%—0.3%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.3%1.4%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.5%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.2%0.3%0.6%
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
Folcroft
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
30.5
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
8.6%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Folcroft
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$61,306
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.2%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.9%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Folcroft
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.0%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.8%
5.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
5.2%
0.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
1.7%
2.0%
Other languages
4.0%
0.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Folcroft
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
—
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
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.
Folcroft, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+19.2%
2008
+25.8%
2012
+34.8%
2016
+30.6%
2020
+41.3%
2024
+42.8%
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
70.8%Harris2,171
28.0%Trump858
1.2%
D+42.8
D+1.5
D+44.3
3,065
D
70.4%Biden2,251
29.1%Trump930
0.5%
D+41.3
D+10.7
D+36.9
3,197
D
63.8%Clinton1,861
33.2%Trump969
2.9%
D+30.6
R+4.2
D+28.5
2,916
D
66.9%Obama2,046
32.1%Romney982
1.0%
D+34.8
D+9.0
D+30.9
3,059
D
62.3%Obama1,905
36.5%McCain1,117
1.1%
D+25.8
D+6.6
D+18.5
3,057
D
59.1%Kerry1,730
39.9%Bush1,168
1.1%
D+19.2
—
D+21.6
2,929
Folcroft sits within the historically blue-collar inner-ring suburbs of Philadelphia's southwest corridor, where shifting demographics have made once-reliable voting patterns increasingly competitive at the municipal and county level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.8 points.
A population of 6,772, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,306 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of North College Hill and Mount Healthy.
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, Folcroft, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 42.8 points (D+42.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,065 votes cast, 2,171 went Democratic and 858 went Republican.
How many people live in Folcroft, Pennsylvania?
Folcroft, Pennsylvania has a population of 6,772 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Folcroft, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Folcroft, Pennsylvania is $61,306 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Folcroft, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Folcroft, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
