Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+40%. Republican peak: R+40 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 125,9672024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,5642024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Richmond-Berea, KY, KYOne 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 | 17,280 | 40,856 | 59,356 | ||
| R | 18,070 | 39,033 | 58,281 | ||
| R | 13,816 | 33,276 | 49,607 | ||
| R | 13,965 | 29,905 | 44,722 | ||
| R | 15,357 | 28,136 | 44,125 | ||
| R | 14,752 | 27,359 | 42,448 | ||
| R | 12,074 | 20,707 | 33,623 | ||
| R | 11,026 | 14,538 | 28,202 | ||
| R | 10,986 | 14,459 | 29,777 | ||
| R | 9,405 | 16,915 | 26,508 | ||
| R | 9,191 | 19,149 | 28,476 | ||
| R | 11,518 | 14,798 | 27,479 | ||
| R | 10,741 | 11,414 | 22,441 | ||
| R | 6,618 | 15,150 | 22,044 | ||
| R | 6,013 | 10,633 | 20,640 | ||
| D | 10,613 | 9,091 | 19,778 | ||
| R | 8,517 | 13,912 | 22,429 | ||
| R | 8,895 | 12,688 | 21,690 | ||
| R | 9,127 | 12,019 | 21,207 | ||
| R | 8,590 | 9,911 | 18,765 | ||
| R | 9,096 | 11,763 | 20,960 | ||
| R | 10,723 | 12,214 | 23,020 | ||
| R | 10,473 | 12,840 | 23,408 | ||
| R | 12,083 | 12,351 | 24,584 | ||
| R | 7,530 | 13,824 | 21,388 | ||
| R | 8,224 | 10,140 | 18,810 | ||
| R | 8,908 | 12,125 | 21,144 | ||
| R | 5,443 | 6,473 | 11,984 | ||
| D | 4,726 | 4,045 | 10,661 | ||
| R | 5,023 | 6,510 | 11,731 | ||
| R | 4,589 | 5,678 | 10,496 | ||
| R | 5,056 | 6,050 | 11,233 | ||
| R | 4,531 | 5,733 | 10,455 | ||
| R | 3,939 | 4,030 | 8,370 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.2%
American
15.1%
Irish
9.2%
German
8.6%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
1.6%
French
1.0%
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: 36.8 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
$59,564
Richmond-Berea, KY ranks near the middle of US counties.
Richmond-Berea, KY$59,564
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.4%
Working age (18–64)16.4%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Richmond-Berea sits at the edge of Kentucky's Bluegrass and Appalachian regions, and its R+38.6 presidential margin in 2020 reflects a decades-long partisan realignment that has made the surrounding Madison County corridor among the most one-sided in the state.
The Democratic margin in Richmond-Berea, KY peaked at eight points in 1964. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $59,564 sits well below state and national norms, and 17% 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 Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky voted Republican by 39.7 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 59,356 votes cast, 17,280 went Democratic and 40,856 went Republican.
What is Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 2 times, Republican 32 times, and other 0 times.
When did Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky?
Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky has a population of 125,967 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky?
Median household income in Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky is $59,564 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Richmond-Berea, KY, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 32 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.