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1876–2024
East Stroudsburg, PA·Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg, PA peaked at D+56; 2024 delivered R+1.

Pocono swing terrain where exurban growth reshuffles old baselines

1876 — 2024·38 elections
PA
Latest
R+1
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
167,515
2024 ACS

East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+1%. Democratic peak: D+56 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+1MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
167,5152024 5-year
Median household income
$83,5652024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
63.7%2024 5-year
Black
13.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
18.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+56 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+39 in 1928MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 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
−0.8%
42,00742,67685,752
D
+6.4%
44,06038,72683,829
D
+0.8%
33,91833,38670,008
D
+13.3%
35,22126,86763,023
D
+16.3%
39,45328,29368,443
R
−0.0%
27,96727,97156,342
R
−2.8%
21,93923,26546,878
R
−2.0%
16,54717,32639,065
R
−2.9%
13,46814,55737,500
R
−26.8%
9,85917,18527,371
R
−32.3%
8,19316,10924,474
R
−21.6%
7,55112,35722,289
R
−3.4%
9,54410,22820,165
R
−37.6%
5,61912,70118,814
R
−14.2%
6,9469,46517,747
D
+25.5%
10,6226,28117,019
R
−28.1%
6,31211,29917,726
R
−29.2%
5,50610,08115,679
R
−24.5%
5,7609,50215,304
R
−6.0%
5,9136,67412,587
R
−6.1%
5,4906,20211,729
D
+5.3%
6,6706,00112,687
D
+17.3%
8,2125,77814,079
D
+15.2%
6,3574,65911,199
R
−39.1%
3,2667,46910,762
D
+5.6%
3,9013,4627,819
D
+1.7%
3,3963,2786,828
D
+38.7%
3,3481,4564,886
D
+55.8%
3,1075364,604
D
+33.7%
3,0041,4544,599
D
+27.2%
2,5871,4464,196
D
+39.6%
3,0541,2644,516
D
+31.6%
2,8871,4474,551
D
+49.5%
3,0781,0204,159
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.6%
Irish
14.3%
Italian
12.0%
Polish
5.4%
English
5.3%
American
4.8%
French
1.4%
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: 44.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.2%
2.6%
75–84
2.8%
6.1%
65–74
6.2%
8.2%
55–64
8.1%
6.4%
45–54
6.6%
5.6%
35–44
5.9%
6.1%
25–34
5.3%
4.6%
18–24
4.5%
7.5%
5–17
7.1%
2.3%
<5
2.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$83,565
East Stroudsburg, PA ranks near the middle of US counties.
East Stroudsburg, PA$83,565
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.9%
Working age (18–64)9.8%
Seniors (65+)8.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
83.2%
speak English only
Spanish9.8%
Other Indo-European4.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other languages0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
15.6%
Other Christian
6.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.0%
Mainline Protestant
3.8%
Methodist
3.0%
Non-Christian
2.9%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

East Stroudsburg anchors Monroe County, a longtime bellwether that shifted sharply toward Republicans in 2016 after decades of competitive results, driven largely by an influx of price-sensitive migrants from the New York metro area.

The Democratic margin in East Stroudsburg, PA peaked at fifty-six points in 1912. By 2024 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was one points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $83,565 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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East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/20700/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 0.8 points (R+1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 85,752 votes cast, 42,007 went Democratic and 42,676 went Republican.
What is East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania's political archetype?
Akashic classifies East Stroudsburg, 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 17 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania?
East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 167,515 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania is $83,565 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in East Stroudsburg, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.