† 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
GroupScottdalePennsylvaniaUnited States
German26.4%21.6%12.5%
Italian17.0%10.6%4.8%
Irish15.9%14.8%9.4%
English9.8%8.3%9.5%
Polish8.4%5.4%2.2%
Slovak4.1%0.8%—
American4.0%4.4%5.3%
Scottish1.9%1.1%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.9%1.3%
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
Scottdale
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
41.6
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.8%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Scottdale
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$55,423
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.7%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.3%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Scottdale
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.6%
12.4%
22.3%
Vietnamese
1.1%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Scottdale
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.
Scottdale, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−12.2%
2008
−15.6%
2012
−18.5%
2016
−32.0%
2020
−30.6%
2024
−32.0%
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
R
33.8%Harris823
65.7%Trump1,602
0.5%
R+32.0
R+1.3
R+30.5
2,438
R
34.0%Biden801
64.6%Trump1,522
1.4%
R+30.6
D+1.4
R+35.1
2,355
R
32.0%Clinton669
64.0%Trump1,339
4.0%
R+32.0
R+13.6
R+34.1
2,091
R
40.2%Obama785
58.7%Romney1,146
1.1%
R+18.5
R+2.9
R+22.3
1,953
R
41.4%Obama873
57.0%McCain1,202
1.6%
R+15.6
R+3.4
R+22.9
2,109
R
43.9%Kerry928
56.1%Bush1,187
0.0%
R+12.2
—
R+9.8
2,115
Scottdale sits in Pennsylvania's southwestern coalfield fringe, where deindustrialization has compressed the population by roughly half since mid-century and left an older, working-class electorate that has shifted markedly in statewide partisan alignment over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 32.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.0 points.
A population of 4,363, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,423 describe the city.
In 2024, Scottdale, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 32.0 points (R+32.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,438 votes cast, 823 went Democratic and 1,602 went Republican.
How many people live in Scottdale, Pennsylvania?
Scottdale, Pennsylvania has a population of 4,363 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Scottdale, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Scottdale, Pennsylvania is $55,423 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Scottdale, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Scottdale, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
