† 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
GroupMonessenPennsylvaniaUnited States
German21.5%21.6%12.5%
Italian13.8%10.6%4.8%
Irish13.0%14.8%9.4%
English8.0%8.3%9.5%
Polish6.8%5.4%2.2%
Slovak3.3%0.8%—
American3.2%4.4%5.3%
Scottish1.6%1.1%1.3%
African American†17.3%8.7%9.9%
Mexican0.7%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
Monessen
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
44.9
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.7%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Monessen
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$52,889
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.8%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.5%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Monessen
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.1%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
5.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Monessen
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.
Monessen, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+42.5%
2008
+38.5%
2012
+33.3%
2016
+12.3%
2020
+8.0%
2024
+0.9%
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
49.9%Harris1,697
48.9%Trump1,665
1.2%
D+0.9
R+7.0
D+2.4
3,403
D
53.5%Biden1,865
45.6%Trump1,587
0.9%
D+8.0
R+4.3
D+3.5
3,484
D
54.9%Clinton1,844
42.6%Trump1,430
2.6%
D+12.3
R+21.0
D+10.2
3,360
D
66.1%Obama2,171
32.8%Romney1,076
1.1%
D+33.3
R+5.2
D+29.5
3,284
D
68.4%Obama2,593
29.9%McCain1,134
1.6%
D+38.5
R+4.0
D+31.2
3,789
D
71.2%Kerry2,792
28.7%Bush1,125
0.1%
D+42.5
—
D+45.0
3,920
Monessen's population has fallen by more than half since its mid-century peak as steelmaking collapsed, and that demographic contraction tracks a long-running realignment in its presidential voting patterns over the past four election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.9 points.
A population of 6,780, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,889 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sharon and Virginia.
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, Monessen, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 0.9 points (D+0.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,403 votes cast, 1,697 went Democratic and 1,665 went Republican.
How many people live in Monessen, Pennsylvania?
Monessen, Pennsylvania has a population of 6,780 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Monessen, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Monessen, Pennsylvania is $52,889 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Monessen, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Monessen, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
