Red Wing, MN, Minnesota: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+16%. Republican peak: R+75 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 47,9432024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,1712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+33 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+75 in 1920MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Red Wing, 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 | 11,731 | 16,461 | 28,817 | ||
| R | 11,806 | 16,052 | 28,636 | ||
| R | 9,446 | 14,041 | 25,717 | ||
| R | 12,212 | 12,986 | 25,801 | ||
| R | 12,420 | 12,775 | 25,795 | ||
| R | 12,103 | 13,134 | 25,608 | ||
| R | 9,981 | 10,852 | 22,257 | ||
| D | 9,931 | 7,293 | 20,318 | ||
| D | 7,916 | 7,321 | 21,250 | ||
| R | 9,438 | 9,455 | 19,102 | ||
| R | 8,679 | 11,171 | 19,978 | ||
| R | 8,566 | 9,329 | 20,248 | ||
| R | 8,926 | 9,967 | 19,321 | ||
| R | 6,147 | 11,107 | 17,631 | ||
| R | 7,220 | 8,283 | 15,964 | ||
| D | 9,035 | 6,539 | 15,589 | ||
| R | 5,562 | 10,473 | 16,073 | ||
| R | 4,969 | 9,365 | 14,353 | ||
| R | 5,037 | 10,422 | 15,494 | ||
| D | 7,313 | 6,704 | 14,222 | ||
| R | 5,791 | 7,820 | 13,679 | ||
| R | 6,475 | 9,095 | 15,656 | ||
| D | 8,257 | 5,682 | 14,361 | ||
| D | 7,450 | 5,486 | 13,310 | ||
| R | 3,520 | 9,752 | 13,372 | ||
| R | 615 | 6,849 | 11,599 | ||
| R | 1,118 | 9,330 | 10,968 | ||
| R | 1,875 | 3,471 | 5,654 | ||
| O | 1,405 | 1,051 | 5,739 | ||
| R | 1,147 | 4,482 | 5,985 | ||
| R | 735 | 4,562 | 5,468 | ||
| R | 1,125 | 4,894 | 6,231 | ||
| R | 1,426 | 5,748 | 7,382 | ||
| D | 3,574 | 1,659 | 5,802 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
34.1%
Irish
11.1%
English
6.1%
American
3.6%
Polish
2.4%
French
2.1%
Italian
1.6%
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: 42.5 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
$84,171
Red Wing, MN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Red Wing, MN$84,171
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.0%
Working age (18–64)8.7%
Seniors (65+)9.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.4%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Perched on the Mississippi bluffs in Goodhue County, Red Wing's small metro blends a blue-collar industrial workforce with a predominantly rural hinterland, producing competitive margins that track closely with statewide swing-district patterns.
The Democratic margin in Red Wing, MN peaked at thirty-three points in 1892. By 2000 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was sixteen points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $84,171 sits well below state and national norms, and 9% 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 Red Wing, MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Red Wing, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 28,817 votes cast, 11,731 went Democratic and 16,461 went Republican.
What is Red Wing, MN, Minnesota's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Red Wing, 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 7 times, Republican 26 times, and other 1 times.
When did Red Wing, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Red Wing, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Red Wing, MN, Minnesota?
Red Wing, MN, Minnesota has a population of 47,943 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Red Wing, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Red Wing, MN, Minnesota is $84,171 — above the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Red Wing, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Red Wing, MN, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.