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1876–2024
Corvallis, OR·Oregon

Corvallis, OR has voted Democratic in ten straight presidential cycles.

Oregon State anchors a college-town metro with a reliably progressive lean

1876 — 2024·38 elections
OR
Latest
D+39
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
96,303
2024 ACS

Corvallis, OR, Oregon: Democratic loyalist metro. In 2024, voted D+39%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1928.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+39MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
96,3032024 5-year
Median household income
$77,7022024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
79.2%2024 5-year
Black
1.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
9.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+40 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+52 in 1928MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 1 D · 0 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
+39.3%
33,90914,18750,232
D
+39.7%
35,82714,87852,799
D
+32.3%
29,19313,44548,753
D
+28.5%
27,77614,99144,802
D
+31.5%
29,90115,26446,478
D
+17.6%
26,51518,46045,735
D
+9.5%
19,44415,82538,226
D
+13.8%
17,21112,45034,500
D
+16.9%
17,96611,55037,923
D
+9.3%
16,93014,00431,610
R
−5.2%
16,07317,83634,062
R
−5.3%
13,15014,98234,507
R
−12.5%
11,88715,55529,307
R
−15.4%
10,84214,90626,456
R
−26.9%
6,53811,65419,016
D
+10.4%
8,9717,25016,486
R
−28.7%
5,3919,73415,125
R
−36.3%
4,2149,01613,230
R
−51.1%
2,9669,22912,262
R
−35.9%
3,1356,83910,329
R
−29.6%
2,8305,2428,141
R
−26.6%
2,9425,0898,079
D
+2.1%
3,5473,3907,423
R
−12.7%
3,1214,0687,433
R
−52.4%
1,4124,6056,095
R
−32.6%
1,5793,4175,631
R
−35.9%
1,7193,7525,663
R
−7.2%
2,4882,9025,722
D
+10.4%
9867152,607
R
−19.4%
7731,1832,113
R
−37.5%
4421,1071,771
R
−9.4%
7649311,786
R
−3.9%
9921,0742,112
R
−16.9%
6891,0972,417
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.4%
English
15.7%
Irish
12.3%
Italian
3.5%
Scottish
3.4%
American
3.0%
French
2.7%
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: 34.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.5%
2.4%
75–84
2.4%
5.4%
65–74
5.6%
5.1%
55–64
5.6%
5.0%
45–54
5.0%
5.5%
35–44
5.4%
6.8%
25–34
6.2%
11.4%
18–24
10.3%
6.3%
5–17
5.9%
1.9%
<5
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$77,702
Corvallis, OR ranks near the middle of US counties.
Corvallis, OR$77,702
Oregon$83,011
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.0%
Working age (18–64)20.4%
Seniors (65+)7.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.0%
speak English only
Spanish5.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.3%
Other Indo-European2.7%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
13.8%
Other Christian
7.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Non-Christian
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Methodist
0.8%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Corvallis consistently posts some of Oregon's widest Democratic margins, driven by a population where university employees and students make up an outsized share of the electorate relative to the metro's modest size.

The Democratic margin in Corvallis, OR reached its widest at forty points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was thirty-nine points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,702, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 96,303 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Corvallis, OR, Oregon vote in 2024?
In 2024, Corvallis, OR, Oregon voted Democratic by 39.3 points (D+39), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 50,232 votes cast, 33,909 went Democratic and 14,187 went Republican.
What is Corvallis, OR, Oregon's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Corvallis, OR, Oregon as a "Democratic loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Corvallis, OR, Oregon last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Corvallis, OR, Oregon voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Corvallis, OR, Oregon?
Corvallis, OR, Oregon has a population of 96,303 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Corvallis, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in Corvallis, OR, Oregon is $77,702 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Corvallis, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Corvallis, OR, Oregon from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.