Balsam Lake, WI
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+11.2 |
| 2012 | R+0.9 |
| 2016 | R+28.1 |
| 2020 | R+32.2 |
| 2024 | R+28.3 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 754 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+28.3 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $52,011 |
| County | Polk County |
| State | WI |
Place narrative
Balsam Lake serves as the administrative hub of Polk County in Wisconsin's lake-dense northwest, a region where seasonal population swings and rural demographics shape local turnout patterns in ways that diverge from the state's more urbanized corridors.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −28.3% | 176 | 316 | 3 | 495 |
| 2020 | R | −32.2% | 170 | 334 | 5 | 509 |
| 2016 | R | −28.1% | 144 | 267 | 26 | 437 |
| 2012 | R | −0.9% | 221 | 225 | 8 | 454 |
| 2008 | D | +11.2% | 280 | 223 | 6 | 509 |
| 2004† | D | +9.3% | 289 | 240 | 0 | 529 |
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 | 92.6% |
| Black | 2.0% |
| Asian | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.6% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $52,011 |
| Poverty rate | 11.2% |
| Median age | 55.9 |
| Age 18–29 | 10.3% |
| Age 65 and older | 33.4% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 17.8% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.7% |
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 Polk County county page and the WI state page.