† 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
GroupChehalisWashingtonUnited States
German15.6%14.5%12.5%
American13.6%3.8%5.3%
English12.6%12.1%9.5%
Irish10.3%9.8%9.4%
Norwegian3.6%4.0%—
Swedish2.4%1.8%—
Scottish2.2%2.6%1.3%
French2.1%—1.6%
Mexican11.0%10.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%0.5%1.8%
Salvadoran0.5%0.4%0.7%
Colombian0.4%0.2%0.4%
Spaniard0.4%0.4%—
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Peruvian0.3%——
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
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
Chehalis
Washington
United States
Median age
34.7
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
6.4%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.4%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chehalis
Washington
United States
Median household income
$73,702
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.0%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.3%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chehalis
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.1%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
8.5%
9.1%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.1%
0.4%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
2.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chehalis
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
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.
Chehalis, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−22.8%
2008
−9.5%
2012
−12.1%
2016
−16.5%
2020
−10.9%
2024
−10.6%
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
42.8%Harris1,445
53.4%Trump1,802
3.8%
R+10.6
D+0.3
R+9.1
3,376
R
42.4%Biden1,502
53.3%Trump1,888
4.4%
R+10.9
D+5.6
R+15.3
3,545
R
37.4%Clinton1,011
53.9%Trump1,458
8.7%
R+16.5
R+4.4
R+18.6
2,704
R
42.2%Obama1,222
54.3%Romney1,574
3.5%
R+12.1
R+2.7
R+16.0
2,898
R
44.1%Obama1,300
53.5%McCain1,580
2.4%
R+9.5
D+13.3
R+16.8
2,951
R
37.4%Kerry1,018
60.2%Bush1,640
2.5%
R+22.8
—
R+20.4
2,725
Chehalis anchors Lewis County, one of Washington's most reliably Republican-leaning counties, where the decline of the timber economy has kept median household incomes below the state average and voter sentiment consistently skeptical of urban-led policy agendas.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 22.8 points in 2004. The 2024 margin was 10.6 points.
A population of 7,587, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,702 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Winfield and Temple.
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, Chehalis, Washington voted Republican by 10.6 points (R+10.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,376 votes cast, 1,445 went Democratic and 1,802 went Republican.
How many people live in Chehalis, Washington?
Chehalis, Washington has a population of 7,587 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chehalis, Washington?
Median household income in Chehalis, Washington is $73,702 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Chehalis, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Chehalis, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
