† 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
GroupMiddletonWisconsinUnited States
German31.4%35.8%12.5%
Irish12.7%10.4%9.4%
English9.7%6.7%9.5%
Norwegian8.0%6.1%—
Polish5.0%7.6%2.2%
Italian3.8%2.7%4.8%
American2.3%3.4%5.3%
French2.1%2.2%1.6%
Mexican8.0%5.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.1%1.8%
Colombian0.7%—0.4%
Spaniard0.5%——
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.3%——
Venezuelan0.3%——
Spanish0.3%——
Asian Indian2.0%0.6%1.4%
Chinese2.0%0.4%1.3%
Hmong1.0%1.0%—
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.4%—0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Laotian0.2%——
African American†2.0%5.3%9.9%
African0.5%0.2%0.5%
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
Middleton
Wisconsin
United States
Median age
39.1
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Middleton
Wisconsin
United States
Median household income
$89,524
$77,485
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.6%
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
61.7%
33.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Middleton
Wisconsin
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.5%
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
8.8%
5.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.2%
0.7%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.9%
0.3%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Middleton
Wisconsin
United States
Catholic
—
21.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
14.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
52.0%
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.
Middleton, Wisconsin
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+32.0%
2008
+46.3%
2012
+42.0%
2016
+51.9%
2020
+59.2%
2024
+60.6%
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
D
79.6%Harris11,656
19.0%Trump2,785
1.3%
D+60.6
D+1.4
D+62.1
14,636
D
78.7%Biden11,032
19.4%Trump2,727
1.9%
D+59.2
D+7.4
D+54.8
14,025
D
72.9%Clinton8,799
21.1%Trump2,541
6.0%
D+51.9
D+9.9
D+49.8
12,066
D
70.3%Obama8,127
28.3%Romney3,269
1.5%
D+42.0
R+4.3
D+38.1
11,566
D
72.7%Obama7,850
26.4%McCain2,853
0.8%
D+46.3
D+14.3
D+39.0
10,792
D
65.6%Kerry6,906
33.6%Bush3,534
0.8%
D+32.0
—
D+34.5
10,522
Middleton sits just outside Wisconsin's capital city and draws heavily educated, professional residents tied to UW-Madison and the biotech corridor along University Avenue, producing lopsided results in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.6 points.
A population of 22,301, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,524 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fitchburg and Richfield.
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, Middleton, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 60.6 points (D+60.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 14,636 votes cast, 11,656 went Democratic and 2,785 went Republican.
How many people live in Middleton, Wisconsin?
Middleton, Wisconsin has a population of 22,301 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Middleton, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Middleton, Wisconsin is $89,524 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Middleton, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Middleton, Wisconsin from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
