Vincennes, IN, Indiana: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+50%. Republican peak: R+50 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+50MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 36,0072024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,2372024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+35 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Vincennes, IN, INOne 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 | 3,625 | 11,236 | 15,123 | ||
| R | 4,067 | 11,655 | 16,011 | ||
| R | 3,772 | 11,077 | 15,602 | ||
| R | 5,228 | 9,612 | 15,145 | ||
| R | 7,569 | 8,639 | 16,424 | ||
| R | 5,649 | 9,990 | 15,746 | ||
| R | 6,300 | 8,485 | 15,054 | ||
| D | 7,003 | 6,395 | 15,532 | ||
| D | 6,718 | 6,683 | 17,284 | ||
| R | 7,006 | 9,813 | 16,881 | ||
| R | 6,417 | 10,872 | 17,459 | ||
| R | 7,829 | 10,083 | 18,822 | ||
| D | 9,612 | 9,100 | 18,860 | ||
| R | 6,089 | 11,940 | 18,196 | ||
| R | 7,297 | 8,369 | 17,818 | ||
| D | 12,678 | 7,612 | 20,411 | ||
| R | 9,918 | 11,490 | 21,516 | ||
| R | 8,691 | 13,047 | 21,801 | ||
| R | 9,384 | 12,786 | 22,316 | ||
| D | 11,650 | 9,250 | 21,182 | ||
| D | 10,297 | 10,023 | 20,463 | ||
| D | 12,265 | 11,211 | 23,590 | ||
| D | 13,669 | 8,589 | 22,400 | ||
| D | 14,084 | 6,590 | 21,140 | ||
| R | 9,837 | 10,035 | 20,104 | ||
| D | 8,603 | 8,493 | 19,168 | ||
| R | 8,052 | 10,011 | 19,479 | ||
| D | 5,380 | 4,805 | 11,364 | ||
| D | 4,448 | 2,805 | 9,752 | ||
| D | 5,116 | 4,247 | 9,985 | ||
| R | 4,093 | 4,278 | 8,923 | ||
| D | 4,443 | 3,554 | 8,212 | ||
| D | 4,349 | 3,480 | 7,932 | ||
| D | 3,417 | 2,653 | 6,835 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.4%
English
11.6%
Irish
8.9%
American
7.7%
French
3.5%
Scottish
2.1%
Polish
1.5%
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: 39.0 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
$61,237
Vincennes, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Vincennes, IN$61,237
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.2%
Working age (18–64)13.0%
Seniors (65+)15.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Vincennes sits along the Wabash River at Indiana's southwestern edge, where a small manufacturing and healthcare economy sustains a metro area that has trended heavily toward Republican presidential margins over the past two decades.
The Democratic margin in Vincennes, IN peaked at thirty-five points in 1932. By 2000 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $61,237 sits well below state and national norms, and 14% 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 Vincennes, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Vincennes, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 50.3 points (R+50), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,123 votes cast, 3,625 went Democratic and 11,236 went Republican.
What is Vincennes, IN, Indiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Vincennes, IN, Indiana as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Vincennes, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Vincennes, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Vincennes, IN, Indiana?
Vincennes, IN, Indiana has a population of 36,007 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Vincennes, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Vincennes, IN, Indiana is $61,237 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Vincennes, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Vincennes, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.