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1876–2024
Burley, ID·Idaho

Burley, ID has voted Republican in twenty-one straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
ID
Latest
R+66
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
47,691
2024 ACS

Burley, ID, Idaho: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted R+66%. Republican peak: R+67 in 1984.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+66MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
47,6912024 5-year
Median household income
$70,6192024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
68.3%2024 5-year
Black
0.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
33.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+63 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+67 in 1984MIT 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
−66.4%
2,73214,36017,504
R
−63.3%
3,01414,17217,622
R
−57.4%
2,20310,83615,048
R
−65.8%
2,48812,59615,369
R
−57.2%
2,96211,39614,732
R
−65.7%
2,48412,35915,022
R
−61.3%
2,43110,89013,797
R
−35.4%
3,5738,67114,381
R
−27.9%
3,1667,35615,039
R
−40.8%
4,1239,96814,321
R
−66.6%
2,43412,44115,017
R
−57.9%
3,05812,54616,390
R
−29.0%
4,3228,17513,270
R
−50.9%
2,5038,67312,129
R
−38.5%
2,6827,36912,179
R
−13.4%
5,4357,12012,555
R
−21.8%
4,9127,65712,569
R
−32.9%
3,4816,89810,379
R
−44.4%
2,9297,60910,540
R
−2.9%
3,8464,0788,103
R
−4.6%
3,9604,3448,320
D
+1.9%
4,9124,7279,663
D
+33.2%
5,1952,5777,894
D
+19.9%
4,7623,1628,040
R
−32.7%
2,1264,2206,398
R
−35.8%
7423,0776,525
R
−30.7%
2,2854,3126,613
D
+8.1%
2,7642,2835,914
R
−19.4%
8461,4593,161
R
−25.1%
6001,0491,786
R
−49.8%
3461,1051,524
R
−3.8%
6246741,312
D
+63.3%
579129711
O
−39.2%
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.8%
German
10.7%
American
7.8%
Irish
4.2%
Scottish
1.8%
French
1.0%
Italian
0.9%
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: 34.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.4%
85+
0.8%
2.5%
75–84
2.4%
4.4%
65–74
4.7%
5.4%
55–64
5.1%
5.4%
45–54
5.0%
6.6%
35–44
6.1%
6.3%
25–34
5.9%
5.1%
18–24
4.3%
11.3%
5–17
11.0%
3.6%
<5
3.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$70,619
Burley, ID ranks near the middle of US counties.
Burley, ID$70,619
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.7%
Working age (18–64)12.2%
Seniors (65+)10.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.1%
speak English only
Spanish22.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
40.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.6%
Baptist
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Methodist
1.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Burley, ID sits in the Northern Rockies. Its political identity has been Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember. 3 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Republican candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Republican margin in Burley, ID reached its widest at sixty-seven points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was sixty-six points, in line with the metro's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,619, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 47,691 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Burley, ID, Idaho — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/15420/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Burley, ID, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Burley, ID, Idaho voted Republican by 66.4 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,504 votes cast, 2,732 went Democratic and 14,360 went Republican.
What is Burley, ID, Idaho's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Burley, ID, Idaho as a "Republican loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 28 times, and other 1 times.
When did Burley, ID, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Burley, ID, Idaho voted Democratic was 1940.
How many people live in Burley, ID, Idaho?
Burley, ID, Idaho has a population of 47,691 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Burley, ID, Idaho?
Median household income in Burley, ID, Idaho is $70,619 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Burley, ID, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Burley, ID, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.