Villisca, IA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | even |
| 2012 | R+14.7 |
| 2016 | R+44.4 |
| 2020 | R+43.6 |
| 2024 | R+43.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,048 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+43.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $60,465 |
| County | Montgomery County |
| State | IA |
Place narrative
Villisca's population has fallen roughly 40% since the mid-20th century, tracking the broader depopulation of Iowa's agricultural southwest. The city draws occasional national attention as the site of a 1912 unsolved axe murder still studied by true-crime researchers.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −43.8% | 160 | 417 | 10 | 587 |
| 2020 | R | −43.6% | 168 | 433 | 7 | 608 |
| 2016 | R | −44.4% | 140 | 390 | 33 | 563 |
| 2012 | R | −14.7% | 229 | 310 | 11 | 550 |
| 2008 | R | Tied | 301 | 303 | 31 | 635 |
| 2004† | R | −23.8% | 228 | 372 | 5 | 605 |
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 | 92.4% |
| Black | 1.6% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.2% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $60,465 |
| Poverty rate | 13.5% |
| Median age | 44.9 |
| Age 18–29 | 12.8% |
| Age 65 and older | 29.5% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 14.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.3% |
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 Montgomery County county page and the IA state page.