† 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
GroupLa ValeMarylandUnited States
German25.8%11.4%12.5%
English14.1%8.5%9.5%
Irish13.6%9.3%9.4%
American6.3%4.1%5.3%
Italian3.6%4.4%4.8%
Scottish3.2%1.1%1.3%
Polish1.6%2.6%2.2%
Welsh1.6%——
Puerto Rican0.5%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.5%3.5%0.7%
Mexican0.4%2.0%11.3%
African American†2.1%23.6%9.9%
Chinese0.4%1.3%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.9%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
La Vale
Maryland
United States
Median age
45.7
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.5%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
La Vale
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$77,500
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.6%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.9%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
La Vale
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.1%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.2%
9.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
La Vale
Maryland
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
56.6%
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.
La Vale, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−35.4%
2008
−32.8%
2012
−35.7%
2016
−38.7%
2020
−32.1%
2024
−35.1%
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
31.6%Harris786
66.7%Trump1,660
1.7%
R+35.1
R+3.0
R+33.7
2,488
R
33.4%Biden807
65.6%Trump1,582
1.0%
R+32.1
D+6.6
R+36.6
2,413
R
27.9%Clinton674
66.6%Trump1,609
5.5%
R+38.7
R+3.0
R+40.8
2,415
R
30.8%Obama755
66.5%Romney1,630
2.7%
R+35.7
R+2.9
R+39.5
2,452
R
32.8%Obama812
65.6%McCain1,624
1.6%
R+32.8
D+2.6
R+40.1
2,475
R
32.1%Kerry801
67.6%Bush1,685
0.3%
R+35.4
—
R+33.0
2,494
La Vale sits in the Appalachian ridge-and-valley terrain of Allegany County, a historically industrial corner of Maryland that has trended Republican in statewide races by margins exceeding 30 points in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 38.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.1 points.
A population of 4,196, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,500 describe the city.
In 2024, La Vale, Maryland voted Republican by 35.1 points (R+35.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,488 votes cast, 786 went Democratic and 1,660 went Republican.
How many people live in La Vale, Maryland?
La Vale, Maryland has a population of 4,196 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in La Vale, Maryland?
Median household income in La Vale, Maryland is $77,500 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of La Vale, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in La Vale, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
