† 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
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupWilliamsport-Lock Haven, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German31.3%21.6%12.5%
Irish12.9%14.8%9.4%
English8.9%8.3%9.5%
Italian7.9%10.6%4.8%
American5.7%4.4%5.3%
Polish3.0%5.4%2.2%
French2.0%—1.6%
Scottish1.3%1.1%1.3%
African American†2.8%8.7%9.9%
Puerto Rican0.8%3.7%1.8%
Mexican0.8%1.4%11.3%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
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
Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
41
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
10.2%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.5%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$63,142
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.3%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.0%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.2%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
5.6%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
2.2%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
10.7%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.6%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.0%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
14.8%
10.3%
5.2%
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.
Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+11.4%
1896
−5.1%
1900
−2.7%
1904
−18.1%
1908
−10.6%
1912
+25.9%
1916
+3.9%
1920
−22.8%
1924
−31.1%
1928
−56.9%
1932
−15.3%
1936
+5.5%
1940
−3.6%
1944
−9.4%
1948
−13.7%
1952
−22.0%
1956
−30.2%
1960
−23.5%
1964
+21.3%
1968
−12.6%
1972
−36.9%
1976
−6.1%
1980
−19.5%
1984
−32.9%
1988
−22.3%
1992
−11.3%
1996
−13.1%
2000
−23.6%
2004
−32.0%
2008
−19.2%
2012
−28.4%
2016
−41.8%
2020
−40.2%
2024
−41.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.9%Harris22,611
70.2%Trump54,926
0.5%Oliver396 +1
R+41.3
R+1.1
R+39.8
78,207
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican70.2%54,926
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic28.9%22,611
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%396
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%274
R
29.2%Biden22,473
69.4%Trump53,364
1.4%
R+40.2
D+1.7
R+44.6
76,879
R
26.7%Clinton17,764
68.5%Trump45,649
4.8%
R+41.8
R+13.5
R+43.9
66,636
R
34.9%Obama20,937
63.3%Romney37,961
1.8%
R+28.4
R+9.2
R+32.2
59,980
R
39.8%Obama25,478
59.0%McCain37,784
1.2%
R+19.2
D+12.8
R+26.5
64,028
R
33.6%Kerry21,504
65.6%Bush41,996
0.9%
R+32.0
R+8.4
R+29.5
64,048
R
36.6%Gore20,184
60.2%Bush33,201
3.3%
R+23.6
R+10.5
R+24.1
55,187
R
37.8%Clinton19,174
50.9%Dole25,828
11.3%
R+13.1
R+1.8
R+21.6
50,724
R
33.6%Clinton18,712
44.9%Bush25,007
21.6%
R+11.3
D+11.0
R+16.9
55,741
R
38.3%Dukakis19,287
60.6%Bush30,527
1.1%
R+22.3
D+10.6
R+14.6
50,348
R
33.2%Mondale17,672
66.2%Reagan35,176
0.6%
R+32.9
R+13.4
R+14.7
53,168
R
37.0%Carter19,451
56.5%Reagan29,703
6.5%
R+19.5
R+13.4
R+9.8
52,563
R
46.1%Carter25,167
52.2%Ford28,506
1.8%
R+6.1
D+30.7
R+8.2
54,646
R
30.4%McGovern16,771
67.2%Nixon37,118
2.4%
R+36.9
R+24.2
R+13.7
55,206
R
40.6%Humphrey23,189
53.3%Nixon30,393
6.1%
R+12.6
R+33.9
R+11.9
57,074
D
60.6%Johnson35,917
39.3%Goldwater23,309
0.2%
D+21.3
D+44.7
R+1.3
59,317
R
38.2%Kennedy24,316
61.7%Nixon39,267
0.1%
R+23.5
D+6.7
R+23.7
63,643
R
34.9%Stevenson18,901
65.1%Eisenhower35,280
0.1%
R+30.2
R+8.2
R+14.8
54,218
R
38.8%Stevenson21,628
60.8%Eisenhower33,878
0.4%
R+22.0
R+8.3
R+11.2
55,745
R
42.4%Truman18,705
56.1%Dewey24,736
1.4%
R+13.7
R+4.3
R+18.2
44,067
R
45.1%Roosevelt21,361
54.4%Dewey25,801
0.5%
R+9.4
R+5.8
R+16.9
47,416
R
48.0%Roosevelt25,782
51.6%Willkie27,714
0.4%
R+3.6
R+9.1
R+13.5
53,689
D
52.1%Roosevelt27,727
46.6%Landon24,794
1.4%
D+5.5
D+20.8
R+18.8
53,259
R
40.0%Roosevelt15,240
55.2%Hoover21,063
4.8%
R+15.3
D+41.7
R+33.1
38,144
R
21.2%Smith9,981
78.1%Hoover36,840
0.7%
R+56.9
R+25.8
R+39.5
47,166
R
26.4%Davis8,796
57.5%Coolidge19,168
16.0%
R+31.1
R+8.3
R+6.0
33,307
R
33.3%Cox8,829
56.1%Harding14,873
10.6%
R+22.8
R+26.7
D+3.4
26,519
D
46.5%Wilson9,607
42.6%Hughes8,804
10.9%
D+3.9
R+22.0
D+0.7
20,663
O
39.5%Wilson8,239
13.6%Taft2,845
46.9%
Roosevelt +7.4
D+36.5
D+6.3
20,862
R
41.2%Bryan9,691
51.8%Taft12,185
7.0%
R+10.6
D+7.5
R+1.0
23,525
R
36.9%Parker8,365
55.0%Roosevelt12,463
8.0%
R+18.1
R+15.4
D+1.6
22,640
R
45.7%Bryan10,306
48.4%McKinley10,907
5.9%
R+2.7
D+2.4
D+4.9
22,545
R
44.3%Bryan10,393
49.3%McKinley11,583
6.4%
R+5.1
R+16.5
D+1.0
23,472
D
52.8%Cleveland10,607
41.3%Harrison8,308
5.9%
D+11.4
—
D+9.8
20,092
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
29.6%23,076
67.9%52,919
77,943
2022
R
30.4%18,323
66.2%39,962
60,351
2018
R
35.9%19,182
62.4%33,357
53,458
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+34.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+41.3
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.8 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA in Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+727
2012
+562
2013
−704
2014
−749
2015
−922
2016
−1,206
2017
−944
2018
−237
2019
−485
2021
+537
2022
−112
2023
+142
2024
−2
2025
+60
Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 56.9 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.3 points.
A population of 151,287, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,142 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Altoona-Huntingdon, PA and Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA.
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How did Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 41.3 points (R+41.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 78,207 votes cast, 22,611 went Democratic and 54,926 went Republican.
When did Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania?
Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 151,287 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania is $63,142 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Williamsport-Lock Haven, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
