† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupAromasCaliforniaUnited States
English12.8%6.3%9.5%
German12.8%6.8%12.5%
Irish11.4%5.9%9.4%
Italian9.3%3.4%4.8%
American3.5%2.8%5.3%
Portuguese2.9%——
French2.5%1.3%1.6%
Swedish1.7%——
Mexican38.7%32.3%11.3%
Spaniard1.1%0.3%—
Salvadoran0.7%2.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
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
Aromas
California
United States
Median age
41.5
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.7%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Aromas
California
United States
Median household income
$148,438
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
3.1%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
42.4%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Aromas
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
34.1%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
31.2%
28.4%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.1%
0.4%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.8%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Aromas
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
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.
Aromas, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+18.2%
2008
+35.0%
2012
+35.7%
2016
+31.1%
2020
+34.7%
2024
+28.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
62.4%Harris806
34.2%Trump442
3.3%
D+28.2
R+6.5
D+29.7
1,291
D
66.1%Biden926
31.4%Trump440
2.4%
D+34.7
D+3.6
D+30.3
1,400
D
61.5%Clinton748
30.4%Trump370
8.1%
D+31.1
R+4.6
D+29.0
1,216
D
66.6%Obama776
30.9%Romney360
2.5%
D+35.7
D+0.7
D+31.9
1,165
D
67.4%Obama822
32.4%McCain395
0.2%
D+35.0
D+16.8
D+27.8
1,219
D
58.9%Kerry715
40.7%Bush494
0.4%
D+18.2
—
D+20.7
1,214
Aromas sits on the county line separating Monterey and Santa Cruz, leaving its roughly 3,200 residents split across two distinct electoral jurisdictions and making consistent precinct-level tracking unusually complicated.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.7 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.2 points.
A population of 3,245, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $148,438 describe the city.
In 2024, Aromas, California voted Democratic by 28.2 points (D+28.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,291 votes cast, 806 went Democratic and 442 went Republican.
How many people live in Aromas, California?
Aromas, California has a population of 3,245 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Aromas, California?
Median household income in Aromas, California is $148,438 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Aromas, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Aromas, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
