Lykens, PA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+13.0 |
| 2012 | R+18.3 |
| 2016 | R+41.0 |
| 2020 | R+44.2 |
| 2024 | R+46.1 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,878 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+46.1 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $73,318 |
| County | Dauphin County |
| State | PA |
Place narrative
Lykens sits in the anthracite-era ridge country north of Harrisburg, where deindustrialization hollowed out a once-busy mining economy. Voter registration skews Democratic by legacy, but presidential margins here have swung sharply rightward over the past decade.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −46.1% | 242 | 663 | 9 | 914 |
| 2020 | R | −44.2% | 239 | 625 | 10 | 874 |
| 2016 | R | −41.0% | 192 | 482 | 34 | 708 |
| 2012 | R | −18.3% | 235 | 342 | 9 | 586 |
| 2008 | R | −13.0% | 283 | 370 | 14 | 667 |
| 2004† | R | −29.8% | 226 | 418 | 0 | 644 |
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 | 80.6% |
| Black | 0.2% |
| Asian | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.5% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $73,318 |
| Poverty rate | 23.0% |
| Median age | 44.1 |
| Age 18–29 | 9.4% |
| Age 65 and older | 17.5% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 12.7% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.2% |
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 Dauphin County county page and the PA state page.