Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+3%. Republican peak: R+51 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 67,9172024 5-year
- Median household income
- $83,1812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1920MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Faribault-Northfield, MN, MNOne 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 | 17,353 | 18,264 | 36,412 | ||
| R | 17,402 | 17,464 | 35,686 | ||
| R | 14,437 | 15,429 | 32,443 | ||
| D | 17,054 | 14,384 | 32,267 | ||
| D | 17,381 | 13,723 | 31,799 | ||
| D | 16,425 | 13,881 | 30,745 | ||
| D | 13,140 | 10,876 | 26,021 | ||
| D | 12,821 | 7,016 | 23,320 | ||
| D | 10,908 | 7,015 | 24,113 | ||
| D | 11,570 | 9,460 | 21,267 | ||
| D | 10,880 | 10,456 | 21,525 | ||
| D | 9,531 | 8,168 | 20,673 | ||
| D | 10,590 | 8,311 | 19,607 | ||
| R | 8,065 | 9,195 | 17,475 | ||
| D | 7,785 | 7,037 | 15,319 | ||
| D | 9,299 | 5,518 | 14,843 | ||
| R | 6,752 | 8,248 | 15,031 | ||
| R | 4,489 | 8,471 | 12,984 | ||
| R | 4,330 | 9,334 | 13,693 | ||
| R | 5,832 | 6,301 | 12,321 | ||
| R | 4,470 | 6,824 | 11,322 | ||
| R | 4,687 | 8,143 | 12,875 | ||
| D | 5,928 | 4,888 | 12,327 | ||
| D | 6,289 | 4,743 | 11,215 | ||
| R | 5,014 | 6,576 | 11,639 | ||
| R | 1,199 | 5,883 | 9,603 | ||
| R | 2,040 | 6,500 | 8,715 | ||
| R | 2,083 | 2,408 | 4,661 | ||
| O | 1,613 | 1,020 | 4,597 | ||
| R | 1,614 | 2,821 | 4,590 | ||
| R | 1,063 | 3,160 | 4,428 | ||
| R | 1,688 | 2,924 | 4,844 | ||
| R | 2,002 | 3,483 | 5,711 | ||
| D | 2,245 | 1,794 | 4,649 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
29.5%
Irish
9.5%
English
6.8%
American
2.8%
French
2.6%
Polish
2.3%
Italian
1.8%
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: 37.1 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
$83,181
Faribault-Northfield, MN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Faribault-Northfield, MN$83,181
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.2%
Working age (18–64)9.2%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.3%
speak English only
Spanish7.5%
Other languages3.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Northfield's two private colleges—Carleton and St. Olaf—inject a younger, more educated demographic into a metro that nonetheless returned a double-digit Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the dominant rural and small-city vote share surrounding it.
The Democratic margin in Faribault-Northfield, MN peaked at twenty-five points in 1964. By 2016 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was three points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $83,181 sits well below state and national norms, and 10% 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 Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 2.5 points (R+3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,412 votes cast, 17,353 went Democratic and 18,264 went Republican.
What is Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.
When did Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota has a population of 67,917 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota is $83,181 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Faribault-Northfield, MN, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.