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1876–2024
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX·Texas

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX delivered D+20 in 2024 — a Democratic stronghold for as long as anyone now living can remember.

Travis County anchors a metro that has shifted measurably leftward since 2000

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TX
Latest
D+20
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
2,426,592
2024 ACS

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas: Urban anchor metro. In 2024, voted D+20%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+20MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population
2,426,5922024 5-year
Median household income
$100,5122024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
56.6%2024 5-year
Black
7.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
32.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+82 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+19 in 1984MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
5 counties · 2 D · 3 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+20.3%
634,882416,7161,074,971
D
+26.8%
661,325377,2931,061,647
D
+19.5%
441,316288,229786,386
D
+7.1%
334,855288,873645,421
D
+14.2%
367,229274,866652,735
R
−0.5%
275,308277,916563,162
R
−14.7%
174,349241,972459,248
D
+4.9%
175,459157,717362,069
D
+10.0%
170,871132,050387,574
D
+5.1%
171,212154,497328,932
R
−18.8%
118,843173,939293,737
R
−0.9%
99,320101,350214,975
D
+7.4%
103,38088,844195,223
R
−15.0%
65,91189,233155,885
D
+11.2%
54,31742,082109,073
D
+42.9%
62,76025,05987,902
D
+17.3%
40,94328,83269,965
R
−0.4%
31,41831,64963,212
D
+3.3%
32,27030,22362,557
D
+54.6%
32,7858,70944,073
D
+59.9%
26,8785,14736,266
D
+65.9%
31,6066,45638,157
D
+82.4%
24,4652,26026,960
D
+81.6%
26,7172,64129,509
D
+8.1%
11,5419,80721,374
D
+63.3%
20,4184,13025,743
D
+45.1%
10,6213,01816,845
D
+61.9%
9,9292,24412,412
D
+65.9%
7,7831,04610,218
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.4%
English
10.8%
Irish
8.3%
American
3.5%
Italian
3.1%
Scottish
2.4%
French
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.4%
85+
0.7%
1.5%
75–84
1.8%
3.6%
65–74
4.0%
5.2%
55–64
5.2%
6.7%
45–54
6.3%
8.5%
35–44
7.9%
8.8%
25–34
8.3%
4.7%
18–24
4.7%
8.2%
5–17
7.8%
3.0%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$100,512
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX ranks near the middle of US counties.
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$100,512
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.3%
Working age (18–64)9.5%
Seniors (65+)9.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
71.6%
speak English only
Spanish19.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.9%
Other Indo-European3.6%
Other languages1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
18.9%
Other Christian
9.2%
Baptist
6.3%
Mainline Protestant
2.8%
Non-Christian
2.3%
Methodist
2.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rapid in-migration from coastal tech hubs has reshaped the electorate faster than almost any other Sun Belt metro, compressing Republican margins in surrounding Williamson and Hays counties even as the urban core remains heavily Democratic.

The Democratic margin in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX has been steady. It reached its modern peak at eighty-two points in 1936; the 2024 margin was twenty points, still in line with the metro's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $100,512, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/12420/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas voted Democratic by 20.3 points (D+20), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,074,971 votes cast, 634,882 went Democratic and 416,716 went Republican.
What is Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas as a "Urban anchor" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas?
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas has a population of 2,426,592 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas is $100,512 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.