† 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
GroupWashingtonPennsylvaniaUnited States
German16.7%21.6%12.5%
Irish13.0%14.8%9.4%
Italian12.9%10.6%4.8%
English9.2%8.3%9.5%
Polish6.4%5.4%2.2%
American2.2%4.4%5.3%
Slovak2.2%0.8%—
Scotch-Irish2.0%——
African American†13.2%8.7%9.9%
Mexican1.1%1.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%3.7%1.8%
Cuban0.6%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%0.2%0.5%
Spanish0.4%——
Asian Indian0.6%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
Washington
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
39
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
15.9%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Washington
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$52,975
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.8%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.0%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Washington
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.5%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
5.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
1.7%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.7%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Washington
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.
Washington, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+33.5%
2008
+29.0%
2012
+30.7%
2016
+11.9%
2020
+17.2%
2024
+11.3%
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
55.3%Harris2,673
44.0%Trump2,128
0.7%
D+11.3
R+5.9
D+12.7
4,836
D
57.9%Biden2,975
40.7%Trump2,092
1.5%
D+17.2
D+5.3
D+12.7
5,142
D
53.4%Clinton2,468
41.5%Trump1,919
5.0%
D+11.9
R+18.8
D+9.8
4,620
D
64.6%Obama2,303
33.9%Romney1,209
1.5%
D+30.7
D+1.7
D+26.8
3,565
D
63.4%Obama3,205
34.4%McCain1,740
2.1%
D+29.0
R+4.5
D+21.7
5,052
D
66.6%Kerry3,354
33.2%Bush1,669
0.2%
D+33.5
—
D+35.9
5,033
Washington City anchors a county that shifted sharply toward Republican presidential candidates over the 2010s, reflecting broader realignment patterns across western Pennsylvania's post-industrial communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.3 points.
A population of 13,368, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,975 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Monessen and Sharon.
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, Washington, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 11.3 points (D+11.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,836 votes cast, 2,673 went Democratic and 2,128 went Republican.
How many people live in Washington, Pennsylvania?
Washington, Pennsylvania has a population of 13,368 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Washington, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Washington, Pennsylvania is $52,975 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Washington, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Washington, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
