† 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
GroupCambriaCaliforniaUnited States
German16.4%6.8%12.5%
English15.9%6.3%9.5%
Irish14.0%5.9%9.4%
Italian7.0%3.4%4.8%
Scottish3.1%0.9%1.3%
French2.8%1.3%1.6%
American2.4%2.8%5.3%
Portuguese2.3%——
Mexican21.7%32.3%11.3%
Spanish0.9%0.3%—
Spaniard0.6%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%2.0%0.7%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%1.3%0.5%
Peruvian0.2%——
Aztec3.3%0.3%—
Maya1.1%——
Samoan1.1%——
Chinese0.4%3.9%1.3%
Filipino0.4%3.3%0.9%
Japanese0.2%0.6%0.2%
Korean0.2%1.2%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
Cambria
California
United States
Median age
61.9
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
2.9%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
45.1%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cambria
California
United States
Median household income
$99,147
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
48.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cambria
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
24.1%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
18.7%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.9%
3.4%
2.0%
Arabic
1.1%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cambria
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.
Cambria, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+11.4%
2008
+23.3%
2012
+24.7%
2016
+31.2%
2020
+38.0%
2024
+37.0%
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
67.2%Harris2,488
30.2%Trump1,117
2.6%
D+37.0
R+1.0
D+38.5
3,702
D
68.3%Biden2,842
30.3%Trump1,260
1.5%
D+38.0
D+6.8
D+33.6
4,163
D
62.6%Clinton2,217
31.5%Trump1,114
5.9%
D+31.2
D+6.5
D+29.1
3,539
D
60.5%Obama2,215
35.8%Romney1,311
3.8%
D+24.7
D+1.4
D+20.8
3,664
D
61.3%Obama2,345
38.0%McCain1,454
0.7%
D+23.3
D+11.9
D+16.0
3,825
D
54.3%Kerry2,028
42.9%Bush1,603
2.8%
D+11.4
—
D+13.8
3,735
Cambria sits on the Central Coast bluffs north of Morro Bay, drawing a retirement-age population that skews the local electorate older than the California median. Turnout in state and federal races typically exceeds coastal CDP norms.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.0 points.
A population of 5,978, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,147 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Morro Bay and Corrales.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Cambria, California voted Democratic by 37.0 points (D+37.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,702 votes cast, 2,488 went Democratic and 1,117 went Republican.
How many people live in Cambria, California?
Cambria, California has a population of 5,978 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cambria, California?
Median household income in Cambria, California is $99,147 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Cambria, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cambria, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
