† 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
GroupWillowsCaliforniaUnited States
German12.1%6.8%12.5%
American9.1%2.8%5.3%
English9.0%6.3%9.5%
Irish7.2%5.9%9.4%
Italian5.1%3.4%4.8%
Portuguese4.1%——
Swedish2.6%——
Scottish1.7%0.9%1.3%
Mexican35.2%32.3%11.3%
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Nicaraguan0.2%0.3%—
Chinese1.0%3.9%1.3%
Hmong1.0%0.3%—
Filipino0.3%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%1.7%0.6%
Laotian0.2%——
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
Willows
California
United States
Median age
38.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.2%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Willows
California
United States
Median household income
$64,068
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Willows
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
35.7%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
32.1%
28.4%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.8%
0.4%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Willows
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.
Willows, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−36.8%
2008
−23.2%
2012
−26.9%
2016
−24.6%
2020
−25.8%
2024
−29.4%
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
R
33.8%Harris701
63.3%Trump1,311
2.9%
R+29.4
R+3.7
R+28.0
2,072
R
36.1%Biden838
61.9%Trump1,436
2.0%
R+25.8
R+1.2
R+30.2
2,320
R
34.8%Clinton650
59.4%Trump1,109
5.7%
R+24.6
D+2.3
R+26.7
1,866
R
34.9%Obama688
61.8%Romney1,218
3.3%
R+26.9
R+3.7
R+30.7
1,971
R
37.7%Obama773
60.9%McCain1,249
1.4%
R+23.2
D+13.6
R+30.5
2,051
R
30.8%Kerry606
67.6%Bush1,329
1.5%
R+36.8
—
R+34.3
1,965
Willows serves as the administrative hub of Glenn County, a rice- and grain-farming corridor in the northern Sacramento Valley where Republican margins have consistently outpaced statewide trends by double digits.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 36.8 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.4 points.
A population of 6,190, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,068 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tehachapi and Liberty.
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, Willows, California voted Republican by 29.4 points (R+29.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,072 votes cast, 701 went Democratic and 1,311 went Republican.
How many people live in Willows, California?
Willows, California has a population of 6,190 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Willows, California?
Median household income in Willows, California is $64,068 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Willows, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Willows, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
