† 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
GroupStanfordCaliforniaUnited States
German9.5%6.8%12.5%
English8.8%6.3%9.5%
Irish7.9%5.9%9.4%
Italian5.8%3.4%4.8%
American3.0%2.8%5.3%
French2.1%1.3%1.6%
Portuguese1.9%——
Iranian1.9%——
Chinese8.1%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian7.6%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese5.2%1.7%0.6%
Filipino3.0%3.3%0.9%
Korean1.4%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.9%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.8%0.3%—
Pakistani0.2%——
Mexican12.4%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.5%2.0%0.7%
Colombian0.4%0.3%0.4%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Nicaraguan0.2%0.3%—
African American†3.0%4.4%9.9%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Ethiopian0.4%——
Aztec1.7%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
Stanford
California
United States
Median age
22
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
59.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
3.7%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Stanford
California
United States
Median household income
$75,208
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
92.3%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Stanford
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
40.5%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
10.8%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
5.1%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
8.7%
3.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
4.2%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Stanford
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.
Stanford, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+75.8%
2008
+81.4%
2012
+75.0%
2016
+87.9%
2020
+89.5%
2024
+81.9%
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
88.5%Harris3,269
6.5%Trump241
5.0%
D+81.9
R+7.5
D+83.4
3,695
D
93.7%Biden3,382
4.2%Trump151
2.2%
D+89.5
D+1.6
D+85.0
3,611
D
91.2%Clinton3,344
3.3%Trump122
5.5%
D+87.9
D+12.9
D+85.8
3,666
D
86.1%Obama2,704
11.0%Romney347
2.9%
D+75.0
R+6.4
D+71.2
3,142
D
90.5%Obama3,443
9.1%McCain346
0.4%
D+81.4
D+5.6
D+74.2
3,803
D
87.1%Kerry2,916
11.2%Bush376
1.7%
D+75.8
—
D+78.3
3,349
Stanford CDP is coterminous with the university campus, so its population swings with academic calendars and graduate-student housing assignments rather than conventional residential patterns, making standard demographic comparisons unreliable.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.5 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 81.9 points.
A population of 18,662, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,208 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ithaca and Scottdale.
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, Stanford, California voted Democratic by 81.9 points (D+81.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,695 votes cast, 3,269 went Democratic and 241 went Republican.
How many people live in Stanford, California?
Stanford, California has a population of 18,662 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Stanford, California?
Median household income in Stanford, California is $75,208 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Stanford, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Stanford, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
