† 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
GroupEast Palo AltoCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican34.0%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran7.1%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan3.8%1.3%0.5%
Nicaraguan2.6%0.3%—
Peruvian1.9%——
Puerto Rican1.4%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard1.2%0.3%—
Colombian0.9%0.3%0.4%
Irish3.5%5.9%9.4%
German3.2%6.8%12.5%
English3.2%6.3%9.5%
Italian2.7%3.4%4.8%
American1.5%2.8%5.3%
French0.9%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.7%0.9%1.3%
Russian0.7%——
African American†8.1%4.4%9.9%
Tongan9.3%——
Maya5.6%——
Aztec5.6%0.3%—
Samoan5.6%——
Fijian3.7%——
Chinese3.0%3.9%1.3%
Filipino2.1%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.8%2.3%1.4%
Japanese0.3%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
East Palo Alto
California
United States
Median age
36.3
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.3%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
East Palo Alto
California
United States
Median household income
$113,493
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
East Palo Alto
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
65.9%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
50.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
3.4%
0.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.7%
3.4%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
4.7%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
East Palo Alto
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.
East Palo Alto, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+78.9%
2008
+82.1%
2012
+83.9%
2016
+82.8%
2020
+75.3%
2024
+57.7%
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
77.1%Harris5,094
19.4%Trump1,282
3.5%
D+57.7
R+17.6
D+59.2
6,606
D
86.6%Biden7,347
11.3%Trump962
2.0%
D+75.3
R+7.6
D+70.8
8,481
D
89.0%Clinton5,906
6.2%Trump409
4.8%
D+82.8
R+1.0
D+80.7
6,636
D
90.7%Obama5,296
6.9%Romney400
2.4%
D+83.9
D+1.8
D+80.0
5,837
D
90.8%Obama5,063
8.8%McCain488
0.4%
D+82.1
D+3.2
D+74.8
5,574
D
88.6%Kerry4,887
9.7%Bush535
1.7%
D+78.9
—
D+81.4
5,515
East Palo Alto sits within one of the nation's highest-cost regions yet posts median household incomes far below its neighbors, producing a distinct electoral profile rooted in a majority Latino and Black community that votes at unusually high Democratic margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.9 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 17.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.7 points.
A population of 29,069, a 12% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $113,493 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Pablo and Cherryland.
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, East Palo Alto, California voted Democratic by 57.7 points (D+57.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,606 votes cast, 5,094 went Democratic and 1,282 went Republican.
How many people live in East Palo Alto, California?
East Palo Alto, California has a population of 29,069 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in East Palo Alto, California?
Median household income in East Palo Alto, California is $113,493 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of East Palo Alto, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in East Palo Alto, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
