Elk Horn, IA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+15.8 |
| 2012 | R+25.8 |
| 2016 | R+39.0 |
| 2020 | R+35.2 |
| 2024 | R+37.2 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 728 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+37.2 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $64,250 |
| County | Shelby County |
| State | IA |
Place narrative
Elk Horn claims one of the largest Danish immigrant settlements in the United States, a demographic legacy that has historically shaped tight-knit civic participation in an otherwise sparsely populated corner of Shelby County.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −37.2% | 103 | 231 | 10 | 344 |
| 2020 | R | −35.2% | 110 | 240 | 19 | 369 |
| 2016 | R | −39.0% | 89 | 222 | 30 | 341 |
| 2012 | R | −25.8% | 132 | 226 | 6 | 364 |
| 2008 | R | −15.8% | 148 | 204 | 3 | 355 |
| 2004† | R | −36.1% | 118 | 253 | 3 | 374 |
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 | 87.2% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 7.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.2% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $64,250 |
| Poverty rate | 12.0% |
| Median age | 46.4 |
| Age 18–29 | 22.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 24.9% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 31.1% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.6% |
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 Shelby County county page and the IA state page.