Dallas Center, IA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+7.9 |
| 2012 | R+11.0 |
| 2016 | R+22.8 |
| 2020 | R+24.2 |
| 2024 | R+29.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,161 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+29.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $95,854 |
| County | Dallas County |
| State | IA |
Place narrative
Dallas Center sits at the core of Dallas County, one of Iowa's fastest-growing counties driven by Des Moines suburban sprawl. Its small-town electorate increasingly reflects the demographic churn reshaping exurban Iowa politics.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −29.8% | 397 | 745 | 27 | 1,169 |
| 2020 | R | −24.2% | 408 | 679 | 31 | 1,118 |
| 2016 | R | −22.8% | 334 | 551 | 66 | 951 |
| 2012 | R | −11.0% | 399 | 499 | 13 | 911 |
| 2008 | R | −7.9% | 419 | 493 | 21 | 933 |
| 2004† | R | −18.8% | 301 | 444 | 17 | 762 |
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 | 94.3% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $95,854 |
| Poverty rate | 8.8% |
| Median age | 41.1 |
| Age 18–29 | 9.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 22.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 29.9% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.7% |
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 Dallas County county page and the IA state page.