† 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
GroupMeadvillePennsylvaniaUnited States
German24.9%21.6%12.5%
Irish14.3%14.8%9.4%
English11.6%8.3%9.5%
American6.8%4.4%5.3%
Italian6.7%10.6%4.8%
Polish4.2%5.4%2.2%
Scottish2.0%1.1%1.3%
French1.9%—1.6%
African American†3.3%8.7%9.9%
African1.0%0.4%0.5%
Mexican0.8%1.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%3.7%1.8%
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
Meadville
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
34.8
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
21.9%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.3%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Meadville
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$43,308
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
22.3%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.7%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Meadville
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.4%
12.4%
22.3%
Other languages
1.2%
0.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Meadville
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.
Meadville, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+9.5%
2008
+14.7%
2012
+7.6%
2016
+4.7%
2020
+5.3%
2024
+4.0%
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
51.6%Harris2,834
47.5%Trump2,612
0.9%
D+4.0
R+1.3
D+5.5
5,495
D
51.8%Biden2,800
46.5%Trump2,513
1.6%
D+5.3
D+0.6
D+0.9
5,401
D
49.7%Clinton2,616
45.0%Trump2,370
5.3%
D+4.7
R+3.0
D+2.6
5,264
D
52.7%Obama2,537
45.1%Romney2,169
2.2%
D+7.6
R+7.1
D+3.8
4,813
D
56.7%Obama3,269
42.0%McCain2,420
1.3%
D+14.7
D+5.2
D+7.5
5,766
D
54.7%Kerry3,090
45.2%Bush2,553
0.1%
D+9.5
—
D+12.0
5,648
Meadville sits at the intersection of deindustrialized manufacturing heritage and a small college presence via Allegheny College, producing a voter profile that has shifted measurably rightward over the past decade while retaining pockets of competitive margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.7 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.0 points.
A population of 12,577, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $43,308 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Corning and Huntingdon.
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, Meadville, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 4.0 points (D+4.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,495 votes cast, 2,834 went Democratic and 2,612 went Republican.
How many people live in Meadville, Pennsylvania?
Meadville, Pennsylvania has a population of 12,577 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Meadville, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Meadville, Pennsylvania is $43,308 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Meadville, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Meadville, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
