† 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
GroupBrandonFloridaUnited States
German9.1%8.9%12.5%
Irish8.1%8.2%9.4%
English7.9%8.2%9.5%
American6.0%7.7%5.3%
Italian5.8%5.6%4.8%
Polish2.2%2.1%2.2%
French1.6%1.7%1.6%
Scottish1.5%1.3%1.3%
Puerto Rican8.0%5.6%1.8%
Cuban7.6%7.3%0.7%
Mexican5.1%3.3%11.3%
Dominican1.8%1.3%0.7%
Colombian1.7%2.1%0.4%
Venezuelan1.0%1.6%—
Spaniard0.7%——
Guatemalan0.6%—0.5%
African American†14.0%9.5%9.9%
Haitian1.2%2.3%0.3%
Jamaican1.1%1.5%0.4%
African0.6%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.2%0.2%—
West Indian0.2%——
Asian Indian2.0%0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.6%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.6%0.4%0.6%
Filipino0.5%0.5%0.9%
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
Brandon
Florida
United States
Median age
37.3
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.4%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Brandon
Florida
United States
Median household income
$79,685
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.4%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.8%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Brandon
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
29.7%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
22.5%
22.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.2%
1.9%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Brandon
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.
Brandon, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−13.1%
2008
+1.4%
2012
+2.2%
2016
+2.2%
2020
+5.6%
2024
−2.3%
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
48.0%Harris24,376
50.4%Trump25,555
1.6%
R+2.3
R+8.0
R+0.9
50,738
D
52.0%Biden29,350
46.4%Trump26,164
1.6%
D+5.6
D+3.5
D+1.2
56,428
D
48.4%Clinton24,025
46.2%Trump22,939
5.5%
D+2.2
±0.0
D+0.1
49,676
D
50.6%Obama22,675
48.4%Romney21,707
1.0%
D+2.2
D+0.8
R+1.7
44,833
D
50.2%Obama21,750
48.9%McCain21,159
0.9%
D+1.4
D+14.5
R+5.9
43,306
R
43.1%Kerry18,583
56.2%Bush24,234
0.8%
R+13.1
—
R+10.6
43,159
Brandon's rapid growth as a majority-minority CDP in Hillsborough County has made it a closely watched indicator in statewide races, where suburban Latinos and younger voters increasingly shape the margin.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 5.6 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 13.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.3 points.
A population of 119,767, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,685 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Riverview and Palm Bay.
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, Brandon, Florida voted Republican by 2.3 points (R+2.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 50,738 votes cast, 24,376 went Democratic and 25,555 went Republican.
When did Brandon, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brandon, Florida voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Brandon, Florida?
Brandon, Florida has a population of 119,767 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brandon, Florida?
Median household income in Brandon, Florida is $79,685 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Brandon, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Brandon, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.
