† 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
GroupHaverhillMassachusettsUnited States
Irish19.6%18.6%9.4%
Italian14.3%11.1%4.8%
English10.1%9.7%9.5%
French4.9%4.7%1.6%
German4.6%5.4%12.5%
Polish3.2%3.4%2.2%
French Canadian3.1%——
American2.8%3.3%5.3%
Dominican12.6%2.7%0.7%
Puerto Rican5.1%4.6%1.8%
Guatemalan2.5%0.8%0.5%
Salvadoran1.6%1.1%0.7%
Mexican0.8%0.8%11.3%
Colombian0.7%0.6%0.4%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
African American†1.2%2.6%9.9%
Haitian0.6%1.1%0.3%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
Kenyan0.2%——
Cape Verdean0.2%0.9%—
Chinese0.3%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.3%1.9%1.4%
Cambodian0.3%0.4%—
Vietnamese0.2%0.8%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
Haverhill
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
39.4
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.4%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Haverhill
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$88,326
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.6%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Haverhill
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
25.5%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
19.7%
9.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.4%
6.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Haverhill
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.4%
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.
Haverhill, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+14.9%
2008
+17.6%
2012
+12.9%
2016
+11.3%
2020
+19.9%
2024
+10.5%
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
53.7%Harris16,959
43.2%Trump13,635
3.2%
D+10.5
R+9.4
D+12.0
31,591
D
58.7%Biden19,020
38.8%Trump12,571
2.5%
D+19.9
D+8.6
D+15.5
32,401
D
51.7%Clinton15,407
40.5%Trump12,050
7.8%
D+11.3
R+1.7
D+9.2
29,773
D
55.7%Obama15,918
42.8%Romney12,221
1.5%
D+12.9
R+4.7
D+9.1
28,574
D
57.8%Obama15,552
40.2%McCain10,814
1.9%
D+17.6
D+2.8
D+10.4
26,886
D
57.2%Kerry14,418
42.3%Bush10,669
0.5%
D+14.9
—
D+17.3
25,218
Haverhill's post-industrial economy and diverse, younger-skewing population produce competitive results in statewide races, with its Merrimack River corridor often tracking closely with regional swing patterns across Essex County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.5 points.
A population of 67,698, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,326 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Peabody and Leominster.
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, Haverhill, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 10.5 points (D+10.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 31,591 votes cast, 16,959 went Democratic and 13,635 went Republican.
How many people live in Haverhill, Massachusetts?
Haverhill, Massachusetts has a population of 67,698 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Haverhill, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Haverhill, Massachusetts is $88,326 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Haverhill, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Haverhill, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
