Roland, IA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+7.7 |
| 2012 | R+5.9 |
| 2016 | R+12.5 |
| 2020 | R+14.2 |
| 2024 | R+19.6 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,559 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+19.6 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $79,028 |
| County | Story County |
| State | IA |
Place narrative
Roland sits in central Iowa's Story County, a small farming community where presidential margins have run heavily Republican in recent cycles, reflecting the broader rural shift that has reshaped small-town Iowa over the past two decades.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −19.6% | 324 | 487 | 19 | 830 |
| 2020 | R | −14.2% | 365 | 489 | 20 | 874 |
| 2016 | R | −12.5% | 311 | 412 | 86 | 809 |
| 2012 | R | −5.9% | 355 | 401 | 21 | 777 |
| 2008 | R | −7.7% | 336 | 394 | 26 | 756 |
| 2004† | R | −19.5% | 292 | 434 | 2 | 728 |
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 | 96.6% |
| Black | 0.5% |
| Asian | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.1% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $79,028 |
| Poverty rate | 1.1% |
| Median age | 39.4 |
| Age 18–29 | 8.0% |
| Age 65 and older | 14.1% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 30.8% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.5% |
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 Story County county page and the IA state page.