Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+48%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 38,3122024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,4792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+13 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Crawfordsville, IN, INOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,134 | 12,122 | 16,627 | ||
| R | 4,213 | 12,659 | 17,198 | ||
| R | 3,362 | 11,051 | 15,264 | ||
| R | 4,271 | 9,824 | 14,440 | ||
| R | 6,013 | 9,060 | 15,285 | ||
| R | 3,536 | 10,901 | 14,548 | ||
| R | 3,899 | 8,891 | 13,101 | ||
| R | 3,825 | 7,705 | 13,397 | ||
| R | 3,371 | 7,602 | 14,564 | ||
| R | 3,623 | 10,793 | 14,472 | ||
| R | 3,626 | 11,119 | 14,834 | ||
| R | 4,158 | 9,936 | 14,917 | ||
| R | 5,320 | 9,509 | 15,092 | ||
| R | 3,431 | 10,997 | 14,471 | ||
| R | 4,752 | 9,085 | 15,175 | ||
| D | 8,042 | 7,823 | 15,930 | ||
| R | 5,477 | 10,957 | 16,511 | ||
| R | 5,443 | 10,418 | 15,927 | ||
| R | 5,386 | 10,569 | 16,041 | ||
| R | 5,492 | 7,890 | 13,537 | ||
| R | 5,620 | 8,319 | 13,999 | ||
| R | 6,994 | 8,554 | 15,616 | ||
| D | 8,053 | 7,369 | 15,549 | ||
| D | 8,077 | 6,417 | 14,704 | ||
| R | 4,960 | 8,863 | 13,915 | ||
| R | 5,708 | 8,366 | 14,295 | ||
| R | 7,159 | 8,792 | 16,135 | ||
| R | 4,107 | 4,300 | 8,711 | ||
| D | 3,821 | 2,747 | 8,216 | ||
| R | 4,227 | 4,427 | 8,919 | ||
| R | 3,747 | 4,647 | 8,751 | ||
| R | 4,102 | 4,507 | 8,803 | ||
| R | 4,183 | 4,353 | 8,603 | ||
| D | 3,841 | 3,837 | 7,868 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.4%
English
13.8%
Irish
11.8%
American
8.8%
Scottish
2.3%
Italian
1.9%
Polish
1.6%
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: 40.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,479
Crawfordsville, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Crawfordsville, IN$71,479
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.5%
Working age (18–64)9.9%
Seniors (65+)7.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.8%
speak English only
Spanish4.9%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Crawfordsville's Montgomery County electorate has shifted toward wide Republican margins over the past two decades, tracking the broader rural Midwest realignment, even as Wabash College provides a small but consistent counterweight of younger and more educated voters.
The Democratic margin in Crawfordsville, IN peaked at thirteen points in 1912. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-eight points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $71,479 sits well below state and national norms, and 11% 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 Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 48.0 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,627 votes cast, 4,134 went Democratic and 12,122 went Republican.
What is Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana?
Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana has a population of 38,312 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana is $71,479 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Crawfordsville, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.