† 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
GroupMediaPennsylvaniaUnited States
Irish29.4%14.8%9.4%
Italian19.1%10.6%4.8%
German15.6%21.6%12.5%
English10.2%8.3%9.5%
Polish4.6%5.4%2.2%
American3.6%4.4%5.3%
Scottish1.9%1.1%1.3%
French1.3%—1.6%
Asian Indian1.5%1.2%1.4%
Chinese1.2%0.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.6%0.3%0.6%
Korean0.4%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Pakistani0.2%——
Bangladeshi0.2%——
Cambodian0.2%——
Puerto Rican1.6%3.7%1.8%
Mexican0.9%1.4%11.3%
Ecuadorian0.5%——
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.2%1.4%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
African American†3.0%8.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.4%0.5%
Liberian0.2%——
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
Media
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
44.9
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
3.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.3%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Media
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$89,092
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.1%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
62.2%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Media
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.6%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
5.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.8%
1.7%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
2.2%
0.7%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Media
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.
Media, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+38.6%
2008
+43.1%
2012
+38.4%
2016
+45.4%
2020
+50.5%
2024
+46.4%
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
72.6%Harris2,846
26.3%Trump1,029
1.1%
D+46.4
R+4.1
D+47.8
3,920
D
74.6%Biden2,929
24.2%Trump948
1.2%
D+50.5
D+5.0
D+46.0
3,925
D
70.2%Clinton2,361
24.8%Trump833
5.0%
D+45.4
D+7.1
D+43.3
3,363
D
68.7%Obama2,299
30.3%Romney1,015
1.0%
D+38.4
R+4.7
D+34.5
3,348
D
70.7%Obama2,276
27.6%McCain889
1.7%
D+43.1
D+4.5
D+35.8
3,219
D
69.2%Kerry2,072
30.6%Bush917
0.2%
D+38.6
—
D+41.0
2,996
Media Borough anchors Delaware County's government and legal infrastructure in a walkable grid of under 6,000 residents, where countywide realignment over the past decade has made even local races reliably competitive.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.5 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.4 points.
A population of 5,870, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,092 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Palmyra and Ambler.
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, Media, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 46.4 points (D+46.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,920 votes cast, 2,846 went Democratic and 1,029 went Republican.
How many people live in Media, Pennsylvania?
Media, Pennsylvania has a population of 5,870 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Media, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Media, Pennsylvania is $89,092 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Media, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Media, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
