Crossville, TN, Tennessee: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+59%. Republican peak: R+59 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+59MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 63,5532024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,3752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+9 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Crossville, TN, TNOne 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 | 6,996 | 27,399 | 34,642 | ||
| R | 6,728 | 25,168 | 32,279 | ||
| R | 5,202 | 20,413 | 26,360 | ||
| R | 6,261 | 18,653 | 25,298 | ||
| R | 7,889 | 17,436 | 25,712 | ||
| R | 8,327 | 15,144 | 23,637 | ||
| R | 7,644 | 10,994 | 19,017 | ||
| R | 6,676 | 8,096 | 16,347 | ||
| R | 6,393 | 7,116 | 15,792 | ||
| R | 3,964 | 7,557 | 11,594 | ||
| R | 3,605 | 7,083 | 10,756 | ||
| R | 3,775 | 6,354 | 10,436 | ||
| D | 4,543 | 4,119 | 8,763 | ||
| R | 1,482 | 4,593 | 6,225 | ||
| R | 1,428 | 3,115 | 6,012 | ||
| D | 3,073 | 2,975 | 6,048 | ||
| R | 2,189 | 3,523 | 5,804 | ||
| R | 1,925 | 3,200 | 5,161 | ||
| R | 2,059 | 3,282 | 5,341 | ||
| R | 1,607 | 1,988 | 3,721 | ||
| R | 1,174 | 1,786 | 2,980 | ||
| R | 1,443 | 1,492 | 2,965 | ||
| D | 1,426 | 1,409 | 2,849 | ||
| D | 996 | 957 | 1,964 | ||
| R | 505 | 1,186 | 1,691 | ||
| R | 538 | 885 | 1,510 | ||
| R | 557 | 1,485 | 2,043 | ||
| R | 428 | 924 | 1,355 | ||
| D | 489 | 372 | 1,306 | ||
| R | 479 | 1,010 | 1,489 | ||
| R | 375 | 898 | 1,331 | ||
| R | 405 | 750 | 1,168 | ||
| R | 418 | 800 | 1,225 | ||
| R | 330 | 632 | 984 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.5%
American
13.9%
German
13.7%
Irish
11.4%
Italian
2.6%
Scottish
2.3%
Polish
1.5%
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: 53.5 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
$60,375
Crossville, TN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Crossville, TN$60,375
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.7%
Working age (18–64)12.8%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.6%
speak English only
Spanish1.9%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Crossville, TN sits in the Border South and Appalachia. For most of the post-war period it was a Democratic metro — its working-class profile gave it the same political habits as much of its region. That identity has shifted decisively in the last twenty years.
The Democratic margin in Crossville, TN peaked at nine points in 1912. By 1980 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-nine points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $60,375 sits well below state and national norms, and 14% 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 Crossville, TN, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Crossville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 58.9 points (R+59), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 34,642 votes cast, 6,996 went Democratic and 27,399 went Republican.
What is Crossville, TN, Tennessee's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Crossville, TN, Tennessee 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 Crossville, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crossville, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Crossville, TN, Tennessee?
Crossville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 63,553 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crossville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Crossville, TN, Tennessee is $60,375 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Crossville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Crossville, TN, Tennessee 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.