Ford Heights, IL
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+98.6 |
| 2012 | D+98.1 |
| 2016 | D+96.5 |
| 2020 | D+89.3 |
| 2024 | D+84.4 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,331 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | D+84.4 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $36,053 |
| County | Cook County |
| State | IL |
Place narrative
Ford Heights consistently records among the lowest median household incomes of any incorporated place in Illinois, a legacy of postwar disinvestment that has shaped its demographic composition — over 95% Black — and its overwhelmingly Democratic voting pattern for decades.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | +84.4% | 447 | 37 | 2 | 486 |
| 2020 | D | +89.3% | 601 | 33 | 2 | 636 |
| 2016 | D | +96.5% | 840 | 10 | 10 | 860 |
| 2012 | D | +98.1% | 1,161 | 2 | 18 | 1,181 |
| 2008 | D | +98.6% | 1,342 | 8 | 3 | 1,353 |
| 2004† | D | +98.7% | 1,187 | 8 | 0 | 1,195 |
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.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 3.6% |
| Black | 95.3% |
| Asian | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $36,053 |
| Poverty rate | 26.6% |
| Median age | 52.4 |
| Age 18–29 | 18.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 24.5% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 9.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.1% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Cook County county page and the IL state page.