† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAmherst Town-Northampton, MAMassachusettsUnited States
Irish17.9%18.6%9.4%
English12.3%9.7%9.5%
Polish9.7%3.4%2.2%
German8.9%5.4%12.5%
Italian8.7%11.1%4.8%
French8.0%4.7%1.6%
French Canadian5.1%——
American4.8%3.3%5.3%
Puerto Rican3.3%4.6%1.8%
Mexican0.9%0.8%11.3%
Dominican0.6%2.7%0.7%
Salvadoran0.4%1.1%0.7%
Colombian0.4%0.6%0.4%
Peruvian0.3%——
Spanish0.3%——
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Chinese1.9%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian1.2%1.9%1.4%
Vietnamese0.4%0.8%0.6%
Korean0.4%0.4%0.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Taiwanese0.3%——
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
African American†1.6%2.6%9.9%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
Jamaican0.2%0.5%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
37.4
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
23.5%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.4%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$87,001
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
51.6%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.9%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.3%
9.7%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.1%
1.0%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.2%
6.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.7%
2.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
13.3%
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
0.8%
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
75.9%
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−13.5%
1896
−57.3%
1900
−38.0%
1904
−41.7%
1908
−31.3%
1912
−14.8%
1916
−15.1%
1920
−41.9%
1924
−42.3%
1928
−5.2%
1932
−3.4%
1936
+4.5%
1940
+6.4%
1944
+8.5%
1948
+1.9%
1952
−16.6%
1956
−24.1%
1960
+14.0%
1964
+47.4%
1968
+22.9%
1972
+7.5%
1976
+21.2%
1980
+10.8%
1984
+11.7%
1988
+23.9%
1992
+31.7%
1996
+41.4%
2000
+28.2%
2004
+40.8%
2008
+45.6%
2012
+44.0%
2016
+39.2%
2020
+46.5%
2024
+41.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
69.2%Harris58,617
27.5%Trump23,256
1.3%Stein1,119 +6
D+41.7
R+4.8
D+43.2
84,720
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic69.2%58,617
Donald J TrumpRepublican27.5%23,256
Jill SteinIndependent1.3%1,119
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.7%614
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%412
All OthersIndependent0.4%345
Ayyadurai EllisIndependent0.4%327
West AbdullahIndependent0.0%21
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%9
D
71.7%Biden63,362
25.2%Trump22,281
3.0%
D+46.5
D+7.3
D+42.1
88,332
D
64.7%Clinton55,367
25.4%Trump21,790
9.9%
D+39.2
R+4.7
D+37.1
85,624
D
70.3%Obama57,359
26.3%Romney21,480
3.4%
D+44.0
R+1.6
D+40.1
81,621
D
71.5%Obama56,869
25.9%McCain20,618
2.6%
D+45.6
D+4.8
D+38.3
79,570
D
69.4%Kerry51,680
28.6%Bush21,315
1.9%
D+40.8
D+12.6
D+43.3
74,422
D
56.2%Gore38,543
28.0%Bush19,202
15.9%
D+28.2
R+13.2
D+27.7
68,626
D
64.1%Clinton41,844
22.6%Dole14,787
13.3%
D+41.4
D+9.8
D+32.9
65,309
D
54.1%Clinton37,879
22.4%Bush15,694
23.5%
D+31.7
D+7.8
D+26.1
70,071
D
61.4%Dukakis39,834
37.5%Bush24,331
1.2%
D+23.9
D+12.2
D+31.6
64,915
D
55.7%Mondale35,597
44.0%Reagan28,111
0.4%
D+11.7
D+0.9
D+29.9
63,942
D
45.7%Carter27,611
35.0%Reagan21,117
19.3%
D+10.8
R+10.4
D+20.5
60,355
D
58.2%Carter34,947
37.0%Ford22,219
4.8%
D+21.2
D+13.7
D+19.1
60,075
D
53.3%McGovern28,572
45.7%Nixon24,529
1.0%
D+7.5
R+15.4
D+30.7
53,654
D
58.7%Humphrey26,666
35.8%Nixon16,270
5.5%
D+22.9
R+24.5
D+23.6
45,412
D
73.5%Johnson32,058
26.1%Goldwater11,385
0.5%
D+47.4
D+33.3
D+24.8
43,645
D
56.9%Kennedy25,667
42.9%Nixon19,346
0.2%
D+14.0
D+38.1
D+13.9
45,096
R
37.9%Stevenson16,119
61.9%Eisenhower26,361
0.2%
R+24.1
R+7.4
R+8.7
42,564
R
41.6%Stevenson17,247
58.2%Eisenhower24,141
0.2%
R+16.6
R+18.5
R+5.9
41,486
D
50.3%Truman18,012
48.4%Dewey17,331
1.4%
D+1.9
R+6.6
R+2.6
35,833
D
54.1%Roosevelt17,676
45.6%Dewey14,907
0.3%
D+8.5
D+2.0
D+1.0
32,680
D
52.9%Roosevelt17,823
46.4%Willkie15,651
0.7%
D+6.4
D+1.9
R+3.5
33,715
D
49.9%Roosevelt15,412
45.3%Landon14,012
4.8%
D+4.5
D+7.9
R+19.7
30,906
R
45.9%Roosevelt12,332
49.3%Hoover13,241
4.8%
R+3.4
D+1.8
R+21.2
26,869
R
46.9%Smith12,695
52.1%Hoover14,101
0.9%
R+5.2
D+37.1
D+12.3
27,051
R
24.0%Davis5,037
66.2%Coolidge13,918
9.8%
R+42.3
R+0.4
R+17.1
21,014
R
28.2%Cox5,305
70.1%Harding13,174
1.7%
R+41.9
R+26.8
R+15.7
18,793
R
41.1%Wilson4,202
56.2%Hughes5,748
2.8%
R+15.1
R+0.3
R+18.2
10,236
R
32.1%Wilson3,088
46.8%Taft4,512
21.1%
R+14.8
D+16.5
R+34.3
9,632
R
29.7%Bryan2,612
61.0%Taft5,362
9.3%
R+31.3
D+10.4
R+21.7
8,795
R
26.5%Parker2,292
68.2%Roosevelt5,892
5.2%
R+41.7
R+3.7
R+22.0
8,633
R
28.8%Bryan2,392
66.7%McKinley5,550
4.5%
R+38.0
D+19.3
R+30.4
8,319
R
19.1%Bryan1,608
76.4%McKinley6,434
4.5%
R+57.3
R+43.8
R+51.2
8,423
R
41.1%Cleveland3,678
54.6%Harrison4,887
4.3%
R+13.5
—
R+15.2
8,949
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
69.3%58,099
30.6%25,644
83,851
2020
D
72.9%63,151
26.1%22,577
86,580
2018
D
70.6%49,943
25.7%18,217
70,771
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025D+24.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+41.7
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 17 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+234
2012
−393
2013
−67
2014
−550
2015
−621
2016
+146
2017
−842
2018
−208
2019
−469
2021
+18,410
2022
−209
2023
−97
2024
−749
2025
−698
Home to UMass Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, and Hampshire colleges, this Pioneer Valley metro posts some of the highest educational attainment rates in the country, shaping a consistently high-turnout electorate concentrated around academic employment and student populations.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 57.3 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.7 points.
A population of 162,028, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,001 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ithaca, NY and Greenfield, MA.
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How did Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 41.7 points (D+41.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 84,720 votes cast, 58,617 went Democratic and 23,256 went Republican.
When did Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 162,028 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts is $87,001 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
