† 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
GroupMcKeesportPennsylvaniaUnited States
German14.7%21.6%12.5%
Irish11.1%14.8%9.4%
Italian9.5%10.6%4.8%
English5.5%8.3%9.5%
Polish5.0%5.4%2.2%
American1.8%4.4%5.3%
Slovak1.8%0.8%—
Scottish1.2%1.1%1.3%
African American†32.6%8.7%9.9%
African1.4%0.4%0.5%
Jamaican0.9%0.3%0.4%
Nigerian0.6%—0.2%
Mexican1.5%1.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%3.7%1.8%
Dominican0.3%1.4%0.7%
Spanish0.3%——
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
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
41
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.8%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$34,219
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
32.0%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
11.0%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.3%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
5.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
McKeesport
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.
McKeesport, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+39.9%
2008
+39.4%
2012
+42.9%
2016
+32.2%
2020
+29.9%
2024
+29.8%
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
64.3%Harris4,422
34.5%Trump2,375
1.1%
D+29.8
R+0.1
D+31.2
6,876
D
64.4%Biden4,797
34.6%Trump2,573
1.0%
D+29.9
R+2.3
D+25.4
7,443
D
64.9%Clinton4,832
32.7%Trump2,434
2.5%
D+32.2
R+10.7
D+30.1
7,449
D
70.7%Obama5,329
27.8%Romney2,098
1.5%
D+42.9
D+3.4
D+39.0
7,537
D
68.9%Obama5,879
29.5%McCain2,515
1.6%
D+39.4
R+0.4
D+32.2
8,532
D
69.9%Kerry5,854
30.0%Bush2,515
0.1%
D+39.9
—
D+42.3
8,374
McKeesport's population has fallen from roughly 55,000 at its mid-century steel peak to under 18,000 today, a contraction that tracks closely with the collapse of the regional metals industry and has driven persistent Democratic margins in Allegheny County elections.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.9 points in 2012. The 2024 margin was 29.8 points.
A population of 17,380, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $34,219 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clairton and Aberdeen.
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, McKeesport, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 29.8 points (D+29.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,876 votes cast, 4,422 went Democratic and 2,375 went Republican.
How many people live in McKeesport, Pennsylvania?
McKeesport, Pennsylvania has a population of 17,380 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McKeesport, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in McKeesport, Pennsylvania is $34,219 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of McKeesport, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in McKeesport, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
