† 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
GroupTauntonMassachusettsUnited States
Portuguese21.5%2.3%—
Irish16.0%18.6%9.4%
English9.6%9.7%9.5%
Italian7.7%11.1%4.8%
French7.2%4.7%1.6%
German3.4%5.4%12.5%
French Canadian3.4%——
Polish3.1%3.4%2.2%
Puerto Rican4.2%4.6%1.8%
Dominican0.9%2.7%0.7%
Guatemalan0.7%0.8%0.5%
Mexican0.5%0.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.4%1.1%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.4%0.3%—
Honduran0.4%—0.3%
Colombian0.3%0.6%0.4%
Cape Verdean6.1%0.9%—
Haitian2.0%1.1%0.3%
Jamaican0.6%0.5%0.4%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Asian Indian0.5%1.9%1.4%
Chinese0.3%2.5%1.3%
Cambodian0.3%0.4%—
Vietnamese0.3%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
Taunton
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
38.9
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.0%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Taunton
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$79,283
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.0%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.9%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Taunton
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
22.3%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
5.7%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.9%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
11.3%
6.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Taunton
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.
Taunton, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+25.2%
2008
+20.4%
2012
+20.7%
2016
+9.9%
2020
+14.4%
2024
+2.7%
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
49.7%Harris13,580
47.0%Trump12,838
3.2%
D+2.7
R+11.6
D+4.2
27,297
D
56.0%Biden14,994
41.6%Trump11,149
2.3%
D+14.4
D+4.5
D+9.9
26,772
D
51.2%Clinton12,365
41.3%Trump9,974
7.4%
D+9.9
R+10.7
D+7.8
24,131
D
59.5%Obama13,988
38.8%Romney9,130
1.7%
D+20.7
D+0.2
D+16.8
23,525
D
59.2%Obama13,243
38.8%McCain8,677
2.1%
D+20.4
R+4.8
D+13.1
22,380
D
61.8%Kerry13,346
36.6%Bush7,898
1.6%
D+25.2
—
D+27.7
21,595
Taunton sits at the intersection of southeastern Massachusetts's deindustrialized mill-town belt and expanding commuter suburbs, producing a working-class electorate that has swung measurably rightward in federal contests even as state offices remain reliably Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.2 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.7 points.
A population of 60,433, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,283 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cranston and Fall River.
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, Taunton, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 2.7 points (D+2.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 27,297 votes cast, 13,580 went Democratic and 12,838 went Republican.
How many people live in Taunton, Massachusetts?
Taunton, Massachusetts has a population of 60,433 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Taunton, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Taunton, Massachusetts is $79,283 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Taunton, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Taunton, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
