Belle Plaine, IA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+16.1 |
| 2012 | D+9.2 |
| 2016 | R+25.4 |
| 2020 | R+21.6 |
| 2024 | R+33.3 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,380 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+33.3 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $73,656 |
| County | Benton County |
| State | IA |
Place narrative
Belle Plaine sits in Benton County, a reliably rural stretch of central Iowa where presidential margins have shifted sharply rightward over the past two decades as agricultural and light-industrial towns realigned.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −33.3% | 370 | 745 | 11 | 1,126 |
| 2020 | R | −21.6% | 444 | 696 | 24 | 1,164 |
| 2016 | R | −25.4% | 382 | 668 | 75 | 1,125 |
| 2012 | D | +9.2% | 645 | 535 | 19 | 1,199 |
| 2008 | D | +16.1% | 699 | 500 | 33 | 1,232 |
| 2004† | D | +12.8% | 665 | 514 | 1 | 1,180 |
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 | 94.1% |
| Black | 0.9% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.4% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $73,656 |
| Poverty rate | 3.5% |
| Median age | 45 |
| Age 18–29 | 16.5% |
| Age 65 and older | 24.3% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 20.1% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.2% |
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 Benton County county page and the IA state page.