† 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
GroupCoachellaCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican83.3%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.5%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan2.1%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.3%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.9%0.3%—
Colombian0.8%0.3%0.4%
Spanish0.8%0.3%—
Cuban0.6%—0.7%
German1.6%6.8%12.5%
English1.5%6.3%9.5%
Irish1.3%5.9%9.4%
Italian0.7%3.4%4.8%
American0.7%2.8%5.3%
French0.3%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.3%0.9%1.3%
Polish0.2%0.9%2.2%
Aztec13.4%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
Coachella
California
United States
Median age
33.4
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
11.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
9.6%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Coachella
California
United States
Median household income
$68,596
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.2%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
7.5%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Coachella
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
83.4%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
83.3%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Coachella
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.
Coachella, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+53.7%
2008
+66.1%
2012
+72.9%
2016
+75.4%
2020
+58.4%
2024
+26.8%
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
62.1%Harris5,673
35.2%Trump3,219
2.7%
D+26.8
R+31.5
D+28.3
9,142
D
78.1%Biden7,947
19.7%Trump2,009
2.2%
D+58.4
R+17.1
D+53.9
10,176
D
85.2%Clinton6,450
9.8%Trump742
4.9%
D+75.4
D+2.6
D+73.4
7,566
D
85.2%Obama5,105
12.4%Romney741
2.4%
D+72.9
D+6.8
D+69.0
5,990
D
82.7%Obama3,979
16.6%McCain799
0.7%
D+66.1
D+12.4
D+58.8
4,812
D
75.9%Kerry2,839
22.2%Bush830
1.9%
D+53.7
—
D+56.2
3,739
Coachella's electorate is roughly 97% Hispanic by population, making it one of California's most demographically concentrated cities and a consistent test case for Latino voter mobilization in the Inland Empire's eastern reaches.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 31.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.8 points.
A population of 43,307, a 1% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,596 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bell Gardens and Bell.
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, Coachella, California voted Democratic by 26.8 points (D+26.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,142 votes cast, 5,673 went Democratic and 3,219 went Republican.
How many people live in Coachella, California?
Coachella, California has a population of 43,307 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Coachella, California?
Median household income in Coachella, California is $68,596 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Coachella, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Coachella, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
