† 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
GroupMalibuCaliforniaUnited States
German13.8%6.8%12.5%
Irish12.2%5.9%9.4%
English12.2%6.3%9.5%
American9.9%2.8%5.3%
Italian8.0%3.4%4.8%
Armenian6.4%——
Polish3.5%0.9%2.2%
French3.2%1.3%1.6%
Mexican7.1%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.9%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%1.3%0.5%
Chinese0.9%3.9%1.3%
Filipino0.7%3.3%0.9%
Korean0.4%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian0.2%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.2%0.6%0.2%
Aztec2.0%0.3%—
Maya1.2%——
Samoan0.4%——
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
Malibu
California
United States
Median age
53.9
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
31.8%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Malibu
California
United States
Median household income
$194,421
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.6%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
68.6%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Malibu
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
6.2%
28.4%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.3%
0.4%
0.7%
German or other West Germanic
1.1%
0.3%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
6.1%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Malibu
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.
Malibu, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+15.8%
2008
+29.3%
2012
+18.6%
2016
+34.3%
2020
+34.3%
2024
+27.8%
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, 2012, 2024 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
62.2%Harris3,770
34.4%Trump2,088
3.3%
D+27.8
R+6.6
D+29.2
6,061
D
66.2%Biden4,585
31.9%Trump2,206
1.9%
D+34.3
±0.0
D+29.9
6,926
D
64.4%Clinton4,275
30.1%Trump1,999
5.4%
D+34.3
D+15.7
D+32.2
6,635
D
58.1%Obama3,829
39.5%Romney2,603
2.5%
D+18.6
R+10.7
D+14.7
6,595
D
64.5%Obama4,410
35.1%McCain2,403
0.4%
D+29.3
D+13.5
D+22.1
6,842
D
57.0%Kerry3,876
41.2%Bush2,803
1.7%
D+15.8
—
D+18.2
6,796
Despite its celebrity reputation, Malibu's electorate is defined less by glamour than by land-use battles and coastal-protection ballot measures that consistently draw outsized local turnout.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.8 points.
A population of 10,421, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $194,421 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Agoura Hills and Calabasas.
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, Malibu, California voted Democratic by 27.8 points (D+27.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,061 votes cast, 3,770 went Democratic and 2,088 went Republican.
How many people live in Malibu, California?
Malibu, California has a population of 10,421 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Malibu, California?
Median household income in Malibu, California is $194,421 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Malibu, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Malibu, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
