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1876–2024
Rexburg, ID·Idaho

Rexburg, ID delivered R+66 in 2024.

A college town where one institution shapes nearly every demographic signal

1876 — 2024·38 elections
ID
Latest
R+66
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
68,561
2024 ACS

Rexburg, ID, Idaho: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted R+66%. Democratic peak: D+85 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+66MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
BellwetherAkashic typology
Population
68,5612024 5-year
Median household income
$62,7072024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
86.8%2024 5-year
Black
0.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
10.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+85 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+83 in 2012MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 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
−65.6%
3,72119,57024,161
R
−64.8%
3,66419,10723,831
R
−52.2%
1,85213,03121,400
R
−82.7%
1,64218,35220,214
R
−69.4%
2,69215,83118,937
R
−81.0%
1,56715,65817,406
R
−75.9%
1,51512,18314,058
R
−51.1%
2,3308,74812,563
R
−41.5%
1,6446,92412,717
R
−62.0%
2,1879,59811,954
R
−78.1%
1,30110,80412,172
R
−71.6%
1,65410,72212,667
R
−40.2%
2,7656,7719,956
R
−49.5%
1,5296,2279,486
R
−40.9%
1,8655,2688,313
R
−1.6%
3,9194,0467,965
R
−12.7%
3,5654,6048,169
R
−26.1%
2,9585,0518,009
R
−31.5%
2,8485,4668,319
D
+8.8%
4,0383,3797,458
D
+10.4%
4,0433,2827,329
D
+13.6%
4,7743,6288,405
D
+35.5%
5,3592,5377,958
D
+28.1%
4,9422,7707,736
R
−2.8%
3,1613,3446,519
R
−30.9%
1,1313,0796,302
R
−31.0%
2,0403,8775,917
D
+18.1%
4,0662,7867,074
R
−16.9%
1,9113,0716,871
R
−14.8%
2,8543,9207,201
R
−47.3%
1,2783,8695,483
R
−0.5%
2,1532,1744,379
D
+84.9%
1,5261211,655
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
33.7%
German
13.9%
American
6.6%
Irish
5.3%
Scottish
4.8%
Italian
2.1%
French
1.9%
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: 25.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.3%
85+
0.4%
1.2%
75–84
1.4%
2.4%
65–74
2.4%
2.9%
55–64
2.9%
3.4%
45–54
3.0%
3.6%
35–44
3.4%
7.5%
25–34
6.1%
14.5%
18–24
23.8%
7.6%
5–17
6.8%
3.4%
<5
3.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,707
Rexburg, ID ranks near the middle of US counties.
Rexburg, ID$62,707
Idaho$77,800
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
21.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.5%
Working age (18–64)24.0%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.3%
speak English only
Spanish6.6%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
54.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.8%
Mainline Protestant
0.2%
Methodist
0.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Brigham Young University-Idaho enrolls roughly half of Rexburg's population, making this small eastern Idaho metro one of the most demographically homogeneous and reliably lopsided voting areas in the Mountain West.

The Democratic margin in Rexburg, ID has rarely exceeded eighty-five points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded eighty-three points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Republican candidate by sixty-six points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 87% non-Hispanic-white share, a 22% poverty rate, and a median household income of $62,707 — all within the broad national range.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Rexburg, ID, Idaho — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/39940/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Rexburg, ID, Idaho vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rexburg, ID, Idaho voted Republican by 65.6 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,161 votes cast, 3,721 went Democratic and 19,570 went Republican.
What is Rexburg, ID, Idaho's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Rexburg, ID, Idaho as a "Bellwether" 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 0 times.
When did Rexburg, ID, Idaho last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Rexburg, ID, Idaho voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Rexburg, ID, Idaho?
Rexburg, ID, Idaho has a population of 68,561 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rexburg, ID, Idaho?
Median household income in Rexburg, ID, Idaho is $62,707 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Rexburg, ID, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Rexburg, ID, Idaho from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.