† 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
GroupEaston, MDMarylandUnited States
English17.9%8.5%9.5%
German17.2%11.4%12.5%
Irish16.4%9.3%9.4%
American7.1%4.1%5.3%
Italian4.6%4.4%4.8%
Scottish3.7%1.1%1.3%
Polish2.8%2.6%2.2%
French2.7%1.1%1.6%
African American†11.6%23.6%9.9%
African0.3%1.2%0.5%
Guatemalan2.7%1.2%0.5%
Mexican2.3%2.0%11.3%
Salvadoran1.2%3.5%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.7%1.2%1.8%
Costa Rican0.5%——
Peruvian0.4%0.3%—
Honduran0.3%0.7%0.3%
Venezuelan0.2%——
Filipino0.5%0.9%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%1.7%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
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
Easton, MD
Maryland
United States
Median age
51.2
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
5.8%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
29.6%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Easton, MD
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$84,811
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.3%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
42.0%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Easton, MD
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.9%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
7.1%
9.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
2.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Easton, MD
Maryland
United States
Catholic
17.0%
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.2%
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
50.4%
56.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
17.4%
6.6%
5.2%
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.
Easton, MD
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−3.8%
1896
−7.2%
1900
No data
1904
No data
1908
No data
1912
+54.9%
1916
+10.4%
1920
+1.3%
1924
+7.4%
1928
−24.2%
1932
+22.5%
1936
+2.6%
1940
−8.4%
1944
−14.6%
1948
−20.8%
1952
−27.8%
1956
−37.5%
1960
−18.1%
1964
+11.7%
1968
−25.8%
1972
−50.1%
1976
−22.3%
1980
−19.1%
1984
−42.9%
1988
−34.6%
1992
−15.6%
1996
−16.9%
2000
−19.8%
2004
−20.8%
2008
−9.6%
2012
−12.4%
2016
−10.2%
2020
+0.5%
2024
−0.0%
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
R
48.7%Harris11,119
48.7%Trump11,125
0.8%Kennedy194 +8
R+0.03
R+0.5
D+1.4
22,830
All 11 candidates in 2024 · 9 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican48.7%11,125
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic48.7%11,119
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.8%194
OtherAll other candidates0.7%154
Jill Ellen SteinIndependent0.5%120
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%109
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%4
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%2
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%1
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%1
Shondra IrvingIndependent0.0%1
D
49.0%Biden11,062
48.5%Trump10,946
2.4%
D+0.5
D+10.8
R+3.9
22,555
R
42.8%Clinton8,653
53.1%Trump10,724
4.1%
R+10.2
D+2.1
R+12.3
20,212
R
43.1%Obama8,808
55.4%Romney11,339
1.5%
R+12.4
R+2.7
R+16.2
20,459
R
44.4%Obama9,035
54.1%McCain10,995
1.5%
R+9.6
D+11.1
R+16.9
20,328
R
39.1%Kerry7,367
59.8%Bush11,288
1.1%
R+20.8
R+1.0
R+18.3
18,864
R
38.4%Gore5,854
58.3%Bush8,874
3.3%
R+19.8
R+2.9
R+20.3
15,234
R
37.5%Clinton4,821
54.4%Dole6,997
8.1%
R+16.9
R+1.4
R+25.4
12,855
R
33.9%Clinton4,642
49.4%Bush6,774
16.7%
R+15.6
D+19.1
R+21.1
13,708
R
32.4%Dukakis3,948
67.0%Bush8,170
0.7%
R+34.6
D+8.3
R+26.9
12,199
R
28.4%Mondale3,198
71.3%Reagan8,028
0.3%
R+42.9
R+23.8
R+24.7
11,256
R
37.3%Carter3,995
56.4%Reagan6,044
6.3%
R+19.1
D+3.2
R+9.4
10,711
R
38.8%Carter3,715
61.2%Ford5,848
0.0%
R+22.3
D+27.8
R+24.4
9,563
R
24.6%McGovern2,181
74.7%Nixon6,620
0.7%
R+50.1
R+24.3
R+27.0
8,859
R
29.4%Humphrey2,609
55.2%Nixon4,902
15.4%
R+25.8
R+37.5
R+25.1
8,883
D
55.8%Johnson4,671
44.2%Goldwater3,693
0.0%
D+11.7
D+29.8
R+10.9
8,364
R
40.9%Kennedy3,462
59.1%Nixon4,995
0.0%
R+18.1
D+19.4
R+18.3
8,457
R
31.2%Stevenson2,735
68.8%Eisenhower6,018
0.0%
R+37.5
R+9.7
R+22.1
8,753
R
36.0%Stevenson3,019
63.8%Eisenhower5,357
0.2%
R+27.8
R+7.1
R+17.1
8,395
R
39.2%Truman2,344
59.9%Dewey3,585
0.9%
R+20.8
R+6.2
R+25.2
5,980
R
42.7%Roosevelt2,768
57.3%Dewey3,712
0.0%
R+14.6
R+6.2
R+22.1
6,480
R
45.5%Roosevelt3,689
53.9%Willkie4,368
0.6%
R+8.4
R+11.0
R+18.3
8,106
D
51.2%Roosevelt3,768
48.6%Landon3,578
0.3%
D+2.6
R+19.9
R+21.7
7,365
D
60.9%Roosevelt4,233
38.4%Hoover2,672
0.6%
D+22.5
D+46.6
D+4.7
6,950
R
37.7%Smith2,432
61.9%Hoover3,990
0.3%
R+24.2
R+31.6
R+6.7
6,443
D
52.1%Davis2,859
44.7%Coolidge2,451
3.2%
D+7.4
D+6.1
D+32.6
5,488
D
50.5%Cox3,130
49.2%Harding3,050
0.3%
D+1.3
R+9.1
D+27.5
6,200
D
53.3%Wilson2,180
42.9%Hughes1,753
3.9%
D+10.4
R+44.5
D+7.3
4,091
D
100.7%Wilson4,034
45.8%Taft1,835
0.0%
D+54.9
—
D+35.3
4,006
—
3916.8%Bryan3,956
2005.0%Taft2,025
0.0%
No data
—
—
101
—
5184.4%Parker4,977
2082.3%Roosevelt1,999
0.0%
No data
—
—
96
—
22330.0%Bryan2,233
25730.0%McKinley2,573
0.0%
No data
—
—
10
R
44.3%Bryan2,189
51.5%McKinley2,542
4.2%
R+7.2
R+3.4
R+1.1
4,936
R
46.0%Cleveland1,974
49.8%Harrison2,137
4.3%
R+3.8
—
R+5.5
4,295
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
38.5%8,778
58.8%13,393
22,779
2022
D
51.3%9,028
48.6%8,548
17,589
2018
D
50.1%9,054
44.6%8,050
18,066
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+4.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+0.03
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 4.4 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Easton, MD in Easton, MD: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+112
2012
+121
2013
+9
2014
−280
2015
+26
2016
−196
2017
+9
2018
+97
2019
+242
2021
+437
2022
+253
2023
+167
2024
+201
2025
+45
Talbot County's commercial center draws a mix of year-round working-class residents and affluent second-home owners, producing a competitive electoral map that swings closer than Maryland's statewide margins typically suggest.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 50.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.0 points.
A population of 37,917, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,811 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Truckee-Grass Valley, CA and Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC.
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In 2024, Easton, MD, Maryland voted a near-tie (R+0.03), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,830 votes cast, 11,119 went Democratic and 11,125 went Republican.
When did Easton, MD, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Easton, MD, Maryland voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Easton, MD, Maryland?
Easton, MD, Maryland has a population of 37,917 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Easton, MD, Maryland?
Median household income in Easton, MD, Maryland is $84,811 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Easton, MD, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Easton, MD, Maryland from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
