Tiffin, OH, Ohio: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+37%. Republican peak: R+48 in 1956.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+37MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 54,7702024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,0252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1956MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Tiffin, OH, OHOne 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 | 7,765 | 17,241 | 25,404 | ||
| R | 8,266 | 17,086 | 25,810 | ||
| R | 7,404 | 14,825 | 24,568 | ||
| R | 11,353 | 13,243 | 25,609 | ||
| R | 13,087 | 13,823 | 27,553 | ||
| R | 10,957 | 15,886 | 26,991 | ||
| R | 9,512 | 13,863 | 24,351 | ||
| D | 10,044 | 9,713 | 23,511 | ||
| R | 9,280 | 9,763 | 26,150 | ||
| R | 9,504 | 13,704 | 23,430 | ||
| R | 7,905 | 16,520 | 24,642 | ||
| R | 7,303 | 14,172 | 23,259 | ||
| R | 10,074 | 11,730 | 22,516 | ||
| R | 8,180 | 13,939 | 22,918 | ||
| R | 8,970 | 12,040 | 23,020 | ||
| D | 14,518 | 9,536 | 24,054 | ||
| R | 10,001 | 15,772 | 25,773 | ||
| R | 6,260 | 17,728 | 23,988 | ||
| R | 7,060 | 17,750 | 24,810 | ||
| R | 7,954 | 11,493 | 19,524 | ||
| R | 6,224 | 15,137 | 21,361 | ||
| R | 7,464 | 16,272 | 23,736 | ||
| R | 8,982 | 9,953 | 22,259 | ||
| D | 11,894 | 9,007 | 21,284 | ||
| R | 8,136 | 13,369 | 21,587 | ||
| R | 6,290 | 9,641 | 18,091 | ||
| R | 8,175 | 10,064 | 18,500 | ||
| D | 6,451 | 4,301 | 11,161 | ||
| D | 5,082 | 2,362 | 10,240 | ||
| D | 6,138 | 4,959 | 11,512 | ||
| R | 4,757 | 5,291 | 10,420 | ||
| D | 5,946 | 4,904 | 11,090 | ||
| D | 6,347 | 4,988 | 11,465 | ||
| D | 5,378 | 4,195 | 10,110 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
38.6%
Irish
10.8%
English
10.1%
American
6.0%
Italian
4.3%
French
1.8%
Polish
1.7%
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: 40.2 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
$66,025
Tiffin, OH ranks near the middle of US counties.
Tiffin, OH$66,025
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.7%
Working age (18–64)11.3%
Seniors (65+)9.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.6%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Tiffin anchors a rural northwest Ohio metro where industrial employment history and a regional university create an electorate that has tracked closely with statewide swing patterns over the past two decades.
The Democratic margin in Tiffin, OH peaked at twenty-seven points in 1912. By 2000 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-seven points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $66,025 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 Tiffin, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tiffin, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 37.3 points (R+37), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 25,404 votes cast, 7,765 went Democratic and 17,241 went Republican.
What is Tiffin, OH, Ohio's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Tiffin, OH, Ohio 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 Tiffin, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tiffin, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Tiffin, OH, Ohio?
Tiffin, OH, Ohio has a population of 54,770 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tiffin, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Tiffin, OH, Ohio is $66,025 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Tiffin, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Tiffin, OH, Ohio 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.