Plymouth, IN, Indiana: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+43%. Republican peak: R+46 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 46,2842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,8082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+28 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Plymouth, 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 | 5,356 | 13,837 | 19,616 | ||
| R | 5,712 | 13,844 | 19,927 | ||
| R | 4,798 | 12,286 | 18,239 | ||
| R | 6,137 | 11,260 | 17,801 | ||
| R | 7,889 | 10,406 | 18,550 | ||
| R | 5,593 | 12,074 | 17,814 | ||
| R | 5,541 | 10,266 | 16,150 | ||
| R | 5,486 | 8,158 | 15,440 | ||
| R | 4,912 | 8,048 | 16,567 | ||
| R | 5,488 | 10,490 | 16,038 | ||
| R | 4,931 | 11,100 | 16,144 | ||
| R | 5,113 | 10,209 | 16,411 | ||
| R | 6,424 | 9,707 | 16,408 | ||
| R | 4,349 | 11,908 | 16,308 | ||
| R | 5,385 | 9,290 | 16,394 | ||
| D | 8,397 | 7,895 | 16,415 | ||
| R | 6,210 | 10,460 | 16,744 | ||
| R | 5,398 | 10,504 | 15,982 | ||
| R | 5,538 | 9,990 | 15,828 | ||
| R | 5,661 | 7,873 | 13,819 | ||
| R | 5,254 | 8,225 | 13,736 | ||
| R | 5,852 | 7,718 | 13,681 | ||
| D | 6,651 | 6,118 | 12,971 | ||
| D | 7,212 | 4,943 | 12,407 | ||
| R | 4,377 | 6,738 | 11,185 | ||
| R | 4,277 | 5,354 | 10,060 | ||
| R | 4,631 | 5,708 | 10,642 | ||
| D | 3,221 | 2,855 | 6,396 | ||
| D | 2,859 | 1,196 | 5,918 | ||
| D | 3,287 | 2,947 | 6,504 | ||
| R | 2,878 | 3,001 | 6,202 | ||
| D | 3,449 | 2,947 | 6,531 | ||
| D | 3,588 | 2,938 | 6,609 | ||
| D | 3,113 | 2,558 | 5,893 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.1%
English
10.2%
Irish
8.9%
American
7.3%
Polish
3.5%
Italian
2.3%
Scottish
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: 39.8 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
$71,808
Plymouth, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Plymouth, IN$71,808
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.6%
Working age (18–64)9.8%
Seniors (65+)12.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
84.7%
speak English only
Spanish9.2%
Other Indo-European5.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Plymouth sits at the core of a small metro where manufacturing employment and a growing Latino population have gradually reshaped the electorate, even as the area's presidential margins have remained among the widest in the state.
The Democratic margin in Plymouth, IN peaked at twenty-eight points in 1912. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-three points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $71,808 sits well below state and national norms, and 12% 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 Plymouth, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Plymouth, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 43.2 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,616 votes cast, 5,356 went Democratic and 13,837 went Republican.
What is Plymouth, IN, Indiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Plymouth, 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 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Plymouth, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Plymouth, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Plymouth, IN, Indiana?
Plymouth, IN, Indiana has a population of 46,284 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Plymouth, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Plymouth, IN, Indiana is $71,808 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Plymouth, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Plymouth, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.