Hughestown, PA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+32.5 |
| 2012 | D+33.0 |
| 2016 | R+1.7 |
| 2020 | R+1.5 |
| 2024 | R+4.2 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,506 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+4.2 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $84,091 |
| County | Luzerne County |
| State | PA |
Place narrative
Hughestown sits within Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley, a post-industrial corridor where registered Democrats have historically outnumbered Republicans, yet ticket-splitting and shifting turnout patterns have made small boroughs like this increasingly competitive in statewide races.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −4.2% | 409 | 445 | 3 | 857 |
| 2020 | R | −1.5% | 424 | 437 | 10 | 871 |
| 2016 | R | −1.7% | 369 | 382 | 12 | 763 |
| 2012 | D | +33.0% | 499 | 248 | 13 | 760 |
| 2008 | D | +32.5% | 508 | 257 | 8 | 773 |
| 2004† | D | +27.3% | 485 | 275 | 8 | 768 |
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 | 80.4% |
| Black | 1.3% |
| Asian | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.1% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $84,091 |
| Poverty rate | 5.6% |
| Median age | 37.4 |
| Age 18–29 | 10.0% |
| Age 65 and older | 19.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 26.4% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 7.2% |
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 Luzerne County county page and the PA state page.