† 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
GroupReisterstownMarylandUnited States
German11.3%11.4%12.5%
Irish8.6%9.3%9.4%
English6.2%8.5%9.5%
Italian4.4%4.4%4.8%
American3.5%4.1%5.3%
Polish3.1%2.6%2.2%
French0.9%1.1%1.6%
Scottish0.9%1.1%1.3%
African American†33.8%23.6%9.9%
Nigerian2.0%1.1%0.2%
African1.6%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican0.8%0.7%0.4%
Ethiopian0.5%0.7%—
Kenyan0.4%——
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.4%0.2%—
Ghanaian0.3%0.3%—
Salvadoran1.6%3.5%0.7%
Mexican1.5%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.3%1.2%1.8%
Honduran0.6%0.7%0.3%
Guatemalan0.5%1.2%0.5%
Dominican0.4%0.5%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.4%0.4%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Asian Indian1.4%1.7%1.4%
Chinese1.0%1.3%1.3%
Filipino1.0%0.9%0.9%
Pakistani0.6%0.3%—
Korean0.5%0.8%0.4%
Nepalese0.5%0.2%—
Burmese0.5%——
Vietnamese0.3%0.4%0.6%
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
Reisterstown
Maryland
United States
Median age
41.8
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.6%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Reisterstown
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$85,543
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.7%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
46.2%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Reisterstown
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.3%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
9.6%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
5.8%
0.6%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
4.2%
2.5%
2.0%
Other languages
2.5%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Reisterstown
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.
Reisterstown, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+14.9%
2008
+24.6%
2012
+28.9%
2016
+34.3%
2020
+42.2%
2024
+41.6%
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
69.7%Harris7,908
28.0%Trump3,181
2.3%
D+41.6
R+0.6
D+43.1
11,353
D
70.4%Biden8,635
28.2%Trump3,462
1.3%
D+42.2
D+7.9
D+37.7
12,260
D
64.0%Clinton7,046
29.7%Trump3,268
6.2%
D+34.3
D+5.5
D+32.3
11,001
D
63.2%Obama7,910
34.3%Romney4,297
2.5%
D+28.9
D+4.2
D+25.0
12,518
D
61.6%Obama7,092
36.9%McCain4,253
1.5%
D+24.6
D+9.8
D+17.4
11,519
D
56.8%Kerry6,046
41.9%Bush4,463
1.3%
D+14.9
—
D+17.3
10,650
Reisterstown sits along the old York Road corridor in northwestern Baltimore County, where an influx of suburban residents over recent decades has layered newer commuter demographics onto a long-established small-town base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.6 points.
A population of 25,582, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,543 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Old Jamestown and Parkville.
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, Reisterstown, Maryland voted Democratic by 41.6 points (D+41.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 11,353 votes cast, 7,908 went Democratic and 3,181 went Republican.
How many people live in Reisterstown, Maryland?
Reisterstown, Maryland has a population of 25,582 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Reisterstown, Maryland?
Median household income in Reisterstown, Maryland is $85,543 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Reisterstown, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Reisterstown, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
