Sebring, FL, Florida: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+41%. Republican peak: R+59 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 105,7022024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,8972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 22.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Sebring, FL, FLOne 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 | 15,223 | 36,382 | 51,901 | ||
| R | 16,938 | 34,873 | 52,170 | ||
| R | 14,937 | 29,565 | 45,686 | ||
| R | 16,148 | 25,915 | 42,444 | ||
| R | 18,135 | 26,221 | 44,783 | ||
| R | 15,347 | 25,878 | 41,496 | ||
| R | 14,169 | 20,207 | 35,152 | ||
| R | 14,250 | 15,617 | 33,714 | ||
| R | 11,237 | 14,499 | 32,391 | ||
| R | 8,091 | 16,723 | 24,941 | ||
| R | 7,217 | 16,474 | 23,694 | ||
| R | 6,688 | 11,925 | 19,249 | ||
| R | 7,218 | 8,317 | 15,733 | ||
| R | 2,458 | 9,645 | 12,133 | ||
| R | 2,582 | 4,560 | 10,617 | ||
| R | 4,233 | 4,747 | 8,980 | ||
| R | 3,122 | 4,369 | 7,491 | ||
| R | 2,296 | 3,480 | 5,776 | ||
| R | 2,736 | 2,952 | 5,688 | ||
| D | 2,257 | 1,471 | 4,260 | ||
| D | 2,113 | 874 | 2,987 | ||
| D | 2,215 | 878 | 3,093 | ||
| D | 1,898 | 842 | 2,740 | ||
| D | 1,525 | 851 | 2,376 | ||
| R | 669 | 1,393 | 2,094 | ||
| D | 457 | 265 | 794 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.1%
English
12.9%
Irish
9.3%
American
8.9%
Italian
4.6%
Scottish
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: 54.4 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
$54,897
Sebring, FL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sebring, FL$54,897
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.1%
Working age (18–64)15.8%
Seniors (65+)11.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
78.8%
speak English only
Spanish17.9%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sebring anchors a small, rural metro in south-central Florida where an aging, predominantly white population drives unusually high senior voter participation relative to its size, making retirement migration patterns a key variable in cycle-to-cycle margin shifts.
The Democratic margin in Sebring, FL peaked at forty-three points in 1940. By 1952 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-one points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $54,897 sits well below state and national norms, and 15% 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 Sebring, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sebring, FL, Florida voted Republican by 40.8 points (R+41), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 51,901 votes cast, 15,223 went Democratic and 36,382 went Republican.
What is Sebring, FL, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Sebring, FL, Florida as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 6 times, Republican 20 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sebring, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sebring, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Sebring, FL, Florida?
Sebring, FL, Florida has a population of 105,702 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sebring, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Sebring, FL, Florida is $54,897 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Sebring, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sebring, FL, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.