DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+51%. Republican peak: R+51 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+51MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 78,6352024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,1522024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for DuBois, PA, PAOne 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 | 9,647 | 30,481 | 40,515 | ||
| R | 9,673 | 29,203 | 39,422 | ||
| R | 8,200 | 24,932 | 34,550 | ||
| R | 11,121 | 20,347 | 32,122 | ||
| R | 14,555 | 18,662 | 33,813 | ||
| R | 13,518 | 20,533 | 34,233 | ||
| R | 11,718 | 18,019 | 30,633 | ||
| R | 11,991 | 12,987 | 28,955 | ||
| D | 12,247 | 11,553 | 30,847 | ||
| R | 12,235 | 14,296 | 26,713 | ||
| R | 11,963 | 18,653 | 30,769 | ||
| R | 11,647 | 15,299 | 28,192 | ||
| D | 13,714 | 13,626 | 27,685 | ||
| R | 9,246 | 16,780 | 26,409 | ||
| R | 12,369 | 14,471 | 29,163 | ||
| D | 19,211 | 11,338 | 30,652 | ||
| R | 14,212 | 18,911 | 33,195 | ||
| R | 12,852 | 17,519 | 30,460 | ||
| R | 13,376 | 16,045 | 29,577 | ||
| R | 11,347 | 11,810 | 23,644 | ||
| R | 13,617 | 13,986 | 27,836 | ||
| D | 17,705 | 15,407 | 33,275 | ||
| D | 20,799 | 14,531 | 36,050 | ||
| D | 11,209 | 10,500 | 22,597 | ||
| R | 7,870 | 16,719 | 24,859 | ||
| R | 5,027 | 13,745 | 22,787 | ||
| R | 5,987 | 9,615 | 18,393 | ||
| D | 6,180 | 5,676 | 13,299 | ||
| O | 4,670 | 1,523 | 12,900 | ||
| R | 5,954 | 7,726 | 14,951 | ||
| R | 4,291 | 9,541 | 14,879 | ||
| R | 6,066 | 7,955 | 14,854 | ||
| R | 6,460 | 7,395 | 14,508 | ||
| D | 6,108 | 4,765 | 11,702 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.7%
Irish
12.2%
English
10.7%
Italian
7.3%
American
5.4%
Polish
5.0%
French
3.2%
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: 45.4 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
$62,152
DuBois, PA ranks near the middle of US counties.
DuBois, PA$62,152
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.9%
Working age (18–64)13.3%
Seniors (65+)11.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.7%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.9%
Spanish1.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Clearfield County anchors this small metro, where decades of extractive-industry decline have shifted a once-competitive electorate into a reliably lopsided one — recent presidential margins here exceeded 40 points.
The Democratic margin in DuBois, PA peaked at twenty-six points in 1964. By 1996 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-one points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $62,152 sits well below state and national norms, and 15% 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 DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 51.4 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 40,515 votes cast, 9,647 went Democratic and 30,481 went Republican.
What is DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania's political archetype?
Akashic classifies DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania?
DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 78,635 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania is $62,152 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in DuBois, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.