† 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
GroupPaoliPennsylvaniaUnited States
Irish19.7%14.8%9.4%
German17.8%21.6%12.5%
Italian13.4%10.6%4.8%
English12.1%8.3%9.5%
Polish4.2%5.4%2.2%
American3.0%4.4%5.3%
Scottish1.9%1.1%1.3%
French1.4%—1.6%
Asian Indian10.0%1.2%1.4%
Chinese3.7%0.9%1.3%
Vietnamese1.1%0.3%0.6%
Filipino0.8%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.8%0.2%0.4%
African American†2.5%8.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.4%0.5%
Mexican1.4%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
Paoli
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
42.4
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
4.3%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.7%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Paoli
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$138,396
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
3.8%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
69.5%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Paoli
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
21.7%
12.4%
22.3%
German or other West Germanic
2.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
7.0%
1.7%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
5.8%
0.8%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.8%
0.7%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Paoli
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.
Paoli, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+1.0%
2008
+15.0%
2012
+6.7%
2016
+22.4%
2020
+31.1%
2024
+28.0%
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
63.0%Harris2,600
35.1%Trump1,447
1.9%
D+28.0
R+3.1
D+29.4
4,125
D
64.9%Biden2,617
33.8%Trump1,364
1.3%
D+31.1
D+8.7
D+26.6
4,032
D
59.1%Clinton2,069
36.7%Trump1,285
4.3%
D+22.4
D+15.7
D+20.3
3,503
D
52.7%Obama1,707
46.0%Romney1,491
1.4%
D+6.7
R+8.3
D+2.8
3,242
D
57.0%Obama1,935
42.0%McCain1,427
1.0%
D+15.0
D+13.9
D+7.7
3,396
D
50.1%Kerry1,536
49.0%Bush1,504
0.9%
D+1.0
—
D+3.5
3,068
Paoli anchors the western end of SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line, and its dense commuter-rail ridership correlates with the college-educated, high-income demographic profile that has shifted Chester County's margins notably leftward since 2016.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.1 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.0 points.
A population of 6,362, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $138,396 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Montgomeryville and Chesterbrook.
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, Paoli, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 28.0 points (D+28.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,125 votes cast, 2,600 went Democratic and 1,447 went Republican.
How many people live in Paoli, Pennsylvania?
Paoli, Pennsylvania has a population of 6,362 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Paoli, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Paoli, Pennsylvania is $138,396 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Paoli, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Paoli, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
