† 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
GroupGroesbeckTexasUnited States
Irish8.6%6.0%9.4%
German8.2%8.3%12.5%
English5.9%7.9%9.5%
American3.9%4.6%5.3%
Scotch-Irish2.5%——
Scottish1.6%1.3%1.3%
Italian0.9%1.9%4.8%
French0.7%1.5%1.6%
African American†26.5%10.3%9.9%
African3.6%0.6%0.5%
Mexican18.7%32.1%11.3%
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.4%0.4%0.5%
Salvadoran0.2%1.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.2%——
Vietnamese0.6%1.0%0.6%
Asian Indian0.3%1.8%1.4%
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
Groesbeck
Texas
United States
Median age
38.2
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
5.6%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.1%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Groesbeck
Texas
United States
Median household income
$61,571
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.2%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.4%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Groesbeck
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
15.4%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
14.0%
28.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Groesbeck
Texas
United States
Catholic
—
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
45.2%
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.
Groesbeck, Texas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−31.1%
2008
−32.5%
2012
−41.6%
2016
−53.0%
2020
−51.5%
2024
−54.5%
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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
22.4%Harris311
76.9%Trump1,068
0.7%
R+54.5
R+3.0
R+53.0
1,389
R
24.0%Biden331
75.5%Trump1,043
0.6%
R+51.5
D+1.5
R+56.0
1,382
R
22.3%Clinton281
75.3%Trump950
2.5%
R+53.0
R+11.4
R+55.1
1,262
R
28.7%Obama350
70.4%Romney857
0.9%
R+41.6
R+9.1
R+45.5
1,218
R
33.3%Obama399
65.8%McCain789
0.9%
R+32.5
R+1.5
R+39.8
1,199
R
34.5%Kerry425
65.5%Bush808
0.0%
R+31.1
—
R+28.6
1,233
Groesbeck's roughly 4,000 residents make it the dominant population center in Limestone County, a rural East Texas county that has shifted toward Republican supermajorities over the past two decades as small-town Texas trended away from its historically Democratic roots.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 54.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.5 points.
A population of 3,914, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,571 describe the city.
In 2024, Groesbeck, Texas voted Republican by 54.5 points (R+54.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,389 votes cast, 311 went Democratic and 1,068 went Republican.
How many people live in Groesbeck, Texas?
Groesbeck, Texas has a population of 3,914 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Groesbeck, Texas?
Median household income in Groesbeck, Texas is $61,571 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Groesbeck, Texas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Groesbeck, Texas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
