Grand Traverse County, Michigan

2024 results by precinct

75 precincts · 62,887 votes cast

Trump · R+2

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−1.7%	30,339	31,423	62,887
2020	R	−3.0%	28,683	30,502	60,236
2016	R	−12.4%	20,965	27,413	51,985
2012	R	−11.7%	20,875	26,534	48,197
2008	R	−3.0%	23,258	24,716	48,733
2004	R	−19.9%	18,256	27,446	46,191
2000	R	−20.9%	14,371	22,358	38,229
1996	R	−10.1%	12,987	16,355	33,329
1992	R	−7.2%	11,148	13,629	34,461
1988	R	−25.8%	10,098	17,191	27,525
1984	R	−42.3%	7,271	18,036	25,464
1980	R	−29.7%	7,150	14,484	24,706
1976	R	−29.5%	7,263	13,505	21,150
1972	R	−31.8%	5,810	11,421	17,621
1968	R	−29.0%	4,741	8,960	14,567
1964	D	+9.3%	7,475	6,198	13,693
1960	R	−27.6%	4,886	8,618	13,540
1956	R	−47.2%	3,256	9,102	12,388
1952	R	−54.6%	2,639	9,034	11,711
1948	R	−38.8%	2,365	5,473	8,015
1944	R	−34.7%	2,607	5,413	8,075
1940	R	−28.9%	3,095	5,620	8,745
1936	D	+1.9%	3,827	3,676	7,980
1932	D	+6.2%	3,907	3,442	7,531
1928	R	−49.5%	1,489	4,429	5,940
1924	R	−64.4%	558	4,011	5,358
1920	R	−52.9%	1,158	4,056	5,478
1916	R	−1.6%	1,848	1,917	4,185
1912	D	+1.0%	937	899	3,867
1908	R	−35.7%	1,289	2,811	4,267
1904	R	−67.1%	594	3,383	4,156
1900	R	−40.3%	1,286	3,127	4,573
1896	R	−17.8%	1,745	2,533	4,428
1892	R	−25.6%	924	1,734	3,170
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.6%

2.6%

75–84

3.3%

6.4%

65–74

7.0%

55–64

7.4%

5.9%

45–54

6.1%

6.4%

35–44

6.2%

25–34

5.8%

3.9%

18–24

3.6%

7.5%

5–17

7.2%

2.5%

2.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$81,647

Grand Traverse County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Grand Traverse County$81,647

Michigan$72,875

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

11.0%

Other Christian

8.8%

Mainline Protestant

5.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Methodist

2.2%

Baptist

0.5%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Grand Traverse County, anchored by Traverse City and its growing professional class, has shifted markedly toward competitive status over the past decade, compressing a presidential margin that once ran well into double digits.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached nine points in 1964; the Republican margin reached sixty-seven points in 1904. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Grand Traverse County's demographics — a population of 96,166, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $81,647 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Inyo County and Spotsylvania County.

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Grand Traverse County delivered a near-tie in 2024.