† 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
GroupWildwood-The Villages, FLFloridaUnited States
German16.9%8.9%12.5%
Irish14.9%8.2%9.4%
English14.6%8.2%9.5%
American10.4%7.7%5.3%
Italian8.2%5.6%4.8%
Polish4.5%2.1%2.2%
French2.9%1.7%1.6%
Scottish2.5%1.3%1.3%
Mexican2.0%3.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%5.6%1.8%
Cuban1.0%7.3%0.7%
Peruvian0.3%——
Venezuelan0.2%1.6%—
African American†5.7%9.5%9.9%
Bahamian0.3%——
Filipino0.5%0.5%0.9%
Chinese0.2%0.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.1%0.9%1.4%
Vietnamese0.1%0.4%0.6%
Korean0.1%—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
Wildwood-The Villages, FL
Florida
United States
Median age
68.5
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
2.8%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
57.8%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wildwood-The Villages, FL
Florida
United States
Median household income
$76,508
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.7%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.3%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wildwood-The Villages, FL
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.6%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
4.3%
22.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wildwood-The Villages, FL
Florida
United States
Catholic
12.3%
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.0%
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
69.7%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.6%
3.1%
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.
Wildwood-The Villages, FL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+59.3%
1896
+67.0%
1900
+69.0%
1904
+51.0%
1908
+57.1%
1912
+70.8%
1916
+71.2%
1920
+60.8%
1924
+55.0%
1928
−11.7%
1932
+77.1%
1936
+40.3%
1940
+80.8%
1944
+73.9%
1948
+53.9%
1952
+36.7%
1956
+37.4%
1960
+34.1%
1964
+16.1%
1968
+7.2%
1972
−53.7%
1976
+35.4%
1980
+8.6%
1984
−28.8%
1988
−20.6%
1992
+5.4%
1996
+6.9%
2000
−11.2%
2004
−25.8%
2008
−27.0%
2012
−34.9%
2016
−39.3%
2020
−36.1%
2024
−37.6%
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
30.9%Harris32,551
68.6%Trump72,134
0.2%Oliver249 +5
R+37.6
R+1.5
R+36.1
105,218
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican68.6%72,134
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic30.9%32,551
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%249
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%155
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%54
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%37
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%37
OtherAll other candidates0.0%1
R
31.7%Biden29,341
67.9%Trump62,761
0.4%
R+36.1
D+3.1
R+40.6
92,485
R
29.5%Clinton22,638
68.8%Trump52,730
1.7%
R+39.3
R+4.3
R+41.3
76,665
R
32.3%Obama19,524
67.2%Romney40,646
0.5%
R+34.9
R+7.9
R+38.8
60,479
R
36.1%Obama17,655
63.2%McCain30,866
0.7%
R+27.0
R+1.2
R+34.3
48,868
R
36.4%Kerry11,584
62.2%Bush19,800
1.4%
R+25.8
R+14.6
R+23.3
31,842
R
43.3%Gore9,637
54.5%Bush12,127
2.2%
R+11.2
R+18.0
R+11.7
22,261
D
45.6%Clinton7,017
38.7%Dole5,960
15.7%
D+6.9
D+1.5
R+1.7
15,400
D
40.8%Clinton5,027
35.4%Bush4,366
23.8%
D+5.4
D+25.9
R+0.2
12,329
R
39.4%Dukakis3,900
60.0%Bush5,936
0.6%
R+20.6
D+8.2
R+12.8
9,896
R
35.6%Mondale3,461
64.4%Reagan6,255
0.0%
R+28.8
R+37.3
R+10.5
9,717
D
53.0%Carter4,380
44.4%Reagan3,671
2.6%
D+8.6
R+26.8
D+18.3
8,267
D
66.6%Carter4,721
31.2%Ford2,212
2.2%
D+35.4
D+89.1
D+33.3
7,090
R
23.0%McGovern1,107
76.7%Nixon3,695
0.3%
R+53.7
R+61.0
R+30.6
4,817
O
25.2%Humphrey1,277
18.0%Nixon910
56.8%
Wallace +31.6
R+8.9
D+7.9
5,066
D
58.1%Johnson2,259
41.9%Goldwater1,631
0.0%
D+16.1
R+18.0
R+6.4
3,890
D
67.0%Kennedy2,279
33.0%Nixon1,120
0.0%
D+34.1
R+3.3
D+33.9
3,399
D
68.7%Stevenson2,329
31.3%Eisenhower1,061
0.0%
D+37.4
D+0.7
D+52.8
3,390
D
68.4%Stevenson2,277
31.6%Eisenhower1,054
0.0%
D+36.7
R+17.2
D+47.5
3,331
D
65.6%Truman1,411
11.7%Dewey251
22.8%
D+53.9
R+20.0
D+49.4
2,152
D
86.9%Roosevelt1,838
13.1%Dewey276
0.0%
D+73.9
R+6.9
D+66.4
2,114
D
90.4%Roosevelt2,382
9.6%Willkie253
0.0%
D+80.8
D+40.5
D+70.9
2,635
D
70.1%Roosevelt1,724
29.9%Landon734
0.0%
D+40.3
R+36.9
D+16.0
2,458
D
88.6%Roosevelt2,138
11.4%Hoover276
0.0%
D+77.1
D+88.9
D+59.3
2,414
R
43.9%Smith909
55.6%Hoover1,152
0.5%
R+11.7
R+66.7
D+5.7
2,072
D
70.9%Davis481
15.9%Coolidge108
13.1%
D+55.0
R+5.8
D+80.2
678
D
79.7%Cox921
19.0%Harding219
1.3%
D+60.8
R+10.4
D+87.0
1,155
D
80.6%Wilson599
9.4%Hughes70
10.0%
D+71.2
D+0.4
D+68.1
743
D
74.7%Wilson417
3.9%Taft22
21.3%
D+70.8
D+13.7
D+51.2
558
D
69.7%Bryan343
12.6%Taft62
17.7%
D+57.1
D+6.1
D+66.7
492
D
63.2%Parker316
12.2%Roosevelt61
24.6%
D+51.0
R+18.0
D+70.7
500
D
81.7%Bryan343
12.6%McKinley53
5.7%
D+69.0
D+2.0
D+76.6
420
D
80.7%Bryan524
13.7%McKinley89
5.5%
D+67.0
D+7.7
D+73.1
649
D
59.3%Cleveland444
0.0%Harrison0
40.7%
D+59.3
—
D+57.6
749
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
29.9%31,273
69.1%72,344
104,631
2022
R
28.0%25,010
71.4%63,806
89,328
2018
R
29.1%21,678
70.9%52,868
74,549
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+39.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+37.6
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.4 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Wildwood-The Villages, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
91,875
22,933
49,490
19,163
289
2018
97,814
24,188
53,041
20,116
469
2019
102,648
24,975
56,052
21,035
586
2020
106,927
25,175
60,462
20,467
823
2021
111,753
25,018
63,065
22,524
1,146
2023
122,396
24,865
70,417
25,121
1,993
2024
127,134
24,736
74,313
25,387
2,698
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+5,633 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +84,975 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Wildwood-The Villages, FL in Wildwood-The Villages, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+4,445
2012
+4,434
2013
+6,065
2014
+6,146
2015
+5,834
2016
+6,204
2017
+4,384
2018
+5,265
2019
+5,269
2021
+7,284
2022
+11,211
2023
+8,590
2024
+4,211
2025
+5,633
The Villages anchors this metro as one of the most age-concentrated communities in the country, with a median resident age well above 60 and turnout rates that consistently outpace younger-skewing Florida metros by double digits.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 80.8 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 53.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.6 points.
A population of 143,408, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,508 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ and Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC.
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How did Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida voted Republican by 37.6 points (R+37.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 105,218 votes cast, 32,551 went Democratic and 72,134 went Republican.
When did Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida?
Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida has a population of 143,408 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida is $76,508 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
