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1876–2024
Brigham City, UT-ID·Idaho

Brigham City, UT-ID peaked at D+48; 2024 delivered R+62.

A small metro anchored by Box Elder County's Mormon corridor roots

1876 — 2024·38 elections
ID
Latest
R+62
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
66,014
2024 ACS

Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+62%. Republican peak: R+78 in 2012.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+62MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
66,0142024 5-year
Median household income
$83,8572024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
88.1%2024 5-year
Black
0.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
9.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+48 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+78 in 2012MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 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
R
−62.0%
5,52724,97231,377
R
−63.7%
4,72223,69629,771
R
−51.5%
2,46613,76121,946
R
−77.9%
2,20118,93921,497
R
−62.5%
3,69216,95221,220
R
−73.1%
2,54817,54020,501
R
−62.8%
2,86213,71417,281
R
−38.2%
3,5999,36615,091
R
−33.8%
2,5378,42517,421
R
−61.4%
3,24413,85417,271
R
−72.3%
2,34314,77117,181
R
−66.7%
2,57613,96117,081
R
−41.9%
3,99010,38415,243
R
−59.0%
2,53611,08414,479
R
−39.2%
3,5588,79413,372
R
−15.0%
5,8817,96213,843
R
−24.9%
4,6307,70512,338
R
−35.1%
3,4277,12810,555
R
−33.0%
3,7237,39711,121
R
−0.8%
4,6754,7529,457
D
+14.7%
5,3653,9939,364
D
+16.9%
6,1764,38810,570
D
+35.9%
6,6743,1359,869
D
+11.2%
5,1444,0959,341
R
−12.4%
3,5084,5018,036
R
−21.6%
2,3714,0427,726
R
−22.8%
3,0824,9218,064
D
+10.6%
4,2553,4307,751
R
−15.5%
2,7884,0237,991
R
−25.4%
2,9364,9918,080
R
−38.8%
2,0574,7396,915
R
−13.6%
2,6823,5266,214
D
+47.7%
2,9711,0504,028
R
−63.9%
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
29.7%
German
10.2%
Irish
5.9%
American
4.6%
Scottish
3.5%
Italian
1.5%
French
0.8%
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: 33.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.8%
1.9%
75–84
2.0%
4.0%
65–74
4.1%
5.2%
55–64
5.0%
5.5%
45–54
5.3%
7.0%
35–44
6.7%
6.3%
25–34
6.2%
4.8%
18–24
4.2%
11.9%
5–17
11.0%
3.7%
<5
3.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$83,857
Brigham City, UT-ID ranks near the middle of US counties.
Brigham City, UT-ID$83,857
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.5%
Working age (18–64)8.5%
Seniors (65+)10.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.4%
speak English only
Spanish6.4%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
84.3%
Non-Christian
2.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.8%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Baptist
0.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.2%
Methodist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 10.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Brigham City's metro straddles the Utah-Idaho border along the Wasatch Front, where a heavily LDS population and rural manufacturing economy produce some of the most lopsided Republican margins in the Intermountain West.

The Democratic margin in Brigham City, UT-ID peaked at forty-eight points in 1896. By 1948 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was sixty-two points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $83,857 sits well below state and national norms, and 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho voted Republican by 62.0 points (R+62), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 31,377 votes cast, 5,527 went Democratic and 24,972 went Republican.
What is Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 6 times, Republican 28 times, and other 0 times.
When did Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho voted Democratic was 1944.
How many people live in Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho?
Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho has a population of 66,014 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho?
Median household income in Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho is $83,857 — above the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brigham City, UT-ID, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.