† 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
GroupLafayetteCaliforniaUnited States
German15.3%6.8%12.5%
English15.3%6.3%9.5%
Irish14.0%5.9%9.4%
Italian9.0%3.4%4.8%
American4.2%2.8%5.3%
French2.9%1.3%1.6%
Scottish2.9%0.9%1.3%
Polish2.5%0.9%2.2%
Filipino2.7%3.3%0.9%
Chinese2.4%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian2.1%2.3%1.4%
Korean0.5%1.2%0.4%
Vietnamese0.4%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.3%0.6%0.2%
Pakistani0.2%——
Afghan0.2%——
Mexican5.2%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.8%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%1.3%0.5%
Nicaraguan0.3%0.3%—
Peruvian0.2%——
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Spanish0.2%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
Lafayette
California
United States
Median age
45.7
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
4.8%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.3%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lafayette
California
United States
Median household income
$228,250
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
2.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
79.0%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lafayette
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
16.9%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.1%
28.4%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.0%
0.4%
0.7%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.4%
0.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
4.9%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lafayette
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.
Lafayette, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+24.8%
2008
+37.4%
2012
+26.6%
2016
+50.9%
2020
+55.5%
2024
+55.1%
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
75.9%Harris11,972
20.8%Trump3,286
3.2%
D+55.1
R+0.4
D+56.6
15,766
D
76.6%Biden12,991
21.1%Trump3,580
2.3%
D+55.5
D+4.6
D+51.0
16,959
D
72.2%Clinton10,748
21.3%Trump3,166
6.5%
D+50.9
D+24.4
D+48.9
14,884
D
61.9%Obama8,945
35.4%Romney5,110
2.7%
D+26.6
R+10.8
D+22.7
14,443
D
68.6%Obama10,215
31.2%McCain4,648
0.2%
D+37.4
D+12.6
D+30.1
14,890
D
62.0%Kerry8,587
37.2%Bush5,156
0.8%
D+24.8
—
D+27.2
13,851
Lafayette sits in the affluent Lamorinda corridor east of the Berkeley Hills, where high homeownership rates and a highly educated electorate have made it a closely watched bellwether for shifting suburban voting patterns in the Bay Area.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.5 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 55.1 points.
A population of 25,285, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $228,250 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Orinda and Moraga.
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, Lafayette, California voted Democratic by 55.1 points (D+55.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 15,766 votes cast, 11,972 went Democratic and 3,286 went Republican.
How many people live in Lafayette, California?
Lafayette, California has a population of 25,285 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lafayette, California?
Median household income in Lafayette, California is $228,250 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Lafayette, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lafayette, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
