† 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
GroupSheltonWashingtonUnited States
German15.4%14.5%12.5%
English11.7%12.1%9.5%
Irish10.5%9.8%9.4%
Norwegian4.6%4.0%—
American3.5%3.8%5.3%
Scottish3.0%2.6%1.3%
Italian3.0%3.1%4.8%
Swedish2.1%1.8%—
Mexican13.9%10.8%11.3%
Guatemalan7.9%0.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.8%0.5%1.8%
Spanish1.1%0.3%—
Colombian0.9%0.2%0.4%
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
Shelton
Washington
United States
Median age
32.5
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.8%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shelton
Washington
United States
Median household income
$69,598
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.4%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.1%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shelton
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.5%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
19.1%
9.1%
13.6%
Other languages
3.3%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shelton
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.
Shelton, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+12.4%
2008
+18.4%
2012
+20.9%
2016
+1.2%
2020
+7.1%
2024
+6.3%
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
51.1%Harris1,903
44.7%Trump1,667
4.2%
D+6.3
R+0.7
D+7.8
3,726
D
51.3%Biden2,181
44.2%Trump1,881
4.5%
D+7.1
D+5.9
D+2.6
4,254
D
45.2%Clinton1,371
44.0%Trump1,336
10.8%
D+1.2
R+19.8
R+0.9
3,035
D
58.8%Obama1,834
37.8%Romney1,181
3.4%
D+20.9
D+2.5
D+17.1
3,121
D
57.6%Obama1,892
39.1%McCain1,286
3.3%
D+18.4
D+6.1
D+11.2
3,286
D
54.5%Kerry1,620
42.2%Bush1,253
3.3%
D+12.4
—
D+14.8
2,970
Shelton anchors Mason County, a historically timber-dependent area where presidential margins have tightened in recent cycles as the county's small-city core diversifies economically and demographically.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.3 points.
A population of 10,612, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,598 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Aberdeen and Monmouth.
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, Shelton, Washington voted Democratic by 6.3 points (D+6.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,726 votes cast, 1,903 went Democratic and 1,667 went Republican.
How many people live in Shelton, Washington?
Shelton, Washington has a population of 10,612 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shelton, Washington?
Median household income in Shelton, Washington is $69,598 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Shelton, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Shelton, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
