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
GroupAve MariaFloridaUnited States
German9.8%8.9%12.5%
Irish9.4%8.2%9.4%
English8.0%8.2%9.5%
Italian7.5%5.6%4.8%
American5.5%7.7%5.3%
Polish2.9%2.1%2.2%
French1.8%1.7%1.6%
Scottish1.4%1.3%1.3%
Mexican11.6%3.3%11.3%
Cuban7.1%7.3%0.7%
Puerto Rican2.3%5.6%1.8%
Guatemalan2.0%—0.5%
Colombian1.5%2.1%0.4%
Honduran1.2%0.6%0.3%
Venezuelan1.1%1.6%—
Dominican1.0%1.3%0.7%
Haitian8.3%2.3%0.3%
African American†4.1%9.5%9.9%
Jamaican0.9%1.5%0.4%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
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
Ave Maria
Florida
United States
Median age
37.9
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
19.5%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.0%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ave Maria
Florida
United States
Median household income
$102,949
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.0%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
44.6%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ave Maria
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
36.3%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
26.2%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
7.9%
2.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ave Maria
Florida
United States
Catholic
—
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
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.
Ave Maria, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+20.1%
2008
+28.1%
2012
+31.3%
2016
−53.2%
2020
−37.5%
2024
−43.8%
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 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
27.2%Harris1,608
71.1%Trump4,197
1.7%
R+43.8
R+6.3
R+42.4
5,905
R
30.7%Biden1,009
68.2%Trump2,243
1.1%
R+37.5
D+15.7
R+42.0
3,289
R
21.0%Clinton326
74.2%Trump1,154
4.8%
R+53.2
R+84.6
R+55.3
1,555
D
65.4%Obama140
34.1%Romney73
0.5%
D+31.3
D+3.2
D+27.5
214
D
60.6%Obama97
32.5%McCain52
6.9%
D+28.1
D+8.0
D+20.9
160
D
56.3%Kerry81
36.1%Bush52
7.6%
D+20.1
—
D+22.6
144
Ave Maria was purpose-built in the 2000s around a private Catholic university, giving this Collier County community an unusually homogeneous religious and civic identity that shapes its demographic and voting profile distinctly from surrounding rural precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.3 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 53.2 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.8 points.
A population of 8,258, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $102,949 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ranson corporation and Mastic Beach.
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, Ave Maria, Florida voted Republican by 43.8 points (R+43.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,905 votes cast, 1,608 went Democratic and 4,197 went Republican.
When did Ave Maria, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ave Maria, Florida voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Ave Maria, Florida?
Ave Maria, Florida has a population of 8,258 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ave Maria, Florida?
Median household income in Ave Maria, Florida is $102,949 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Ave Maria, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ave Maria, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.
