† 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
GroupWakefieldMassachusettsUnited States
Irish24.3%18.6%9.4%
Italian16.1%11.1%4.8%
English12.9%9.7%9.5%
German8.4%5.4%12.5%
French4.3%4.7%1.6%
Polish4.1%3.4%2.2%
American4.1%3.3%5.3%
French Canadian3.1%——
Chinese1.9%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian1.7%1.9%1.4%
Cambodian0.5%0.4%—
Vietnamese0.4%0.8%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.4%0.4%
Puerto Rican0.7%4.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%1.1%0.7%
Mexican0.3%0.8%11.3%
Guatemalan0.2%0.8%0.5%
Dominican0.2%2.7%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.6%0.4%
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
Wakefield
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
42.4
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
5.8%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.0%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wakefield
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$134,306
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.9%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
59.7%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wakefield
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.6%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.7%
9.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
5.5%
6.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.1%
2.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wakefield
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.
Wakefield, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+10.8%
2008
+11.5%
2012
+4.8%
2016
+14.4%
2020
+25.2%
2024
+20.1%
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
D
58.2%Harris9,585
38.1%Trump6,270
3.8%
D+20.1
R+5.0
D+21.6
16,478
D
61.5%Biden10,215
36.3%Trump6,032
2.3%
D+25.2
D+10.8
D+20.7
16,623
D
53.3%Clinton8,294
39.0%Trump6,060
7.7%
D+14.4
D+9.6
D+12.3
15,556
D
51.4%Obama7,602
46.6%Romney6,895
2.0%
D+4.8
R+6.7
D+0.9
14,792
D
54.9%Obama7,743
43.4%McCain6,118
1.7%
D+11.5
D+0.7
D+4.3
14,098
D
54.7%Kerry7,356
43.8%Bush5,899
1.5%
D+10.8
—
D+13.3
13,453
Wakefield sits along the Haverhill commuter rail line roughly 11 miles north of Boston, giving it a mixed blue-collar and professional demographic that has produced competitive margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.1 points.
A population of 27,793, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $134,306 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stoneham and Reading.
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, Wakefield, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 20.1 points (D+20.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 16,478 votes cast, 9,585 went Democratic and 6,270 went Republican.
How many people live in Wakefield, Massachusetts?
Wakefield, Massachusetts has a population of 27,793 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wakefield, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Wakefield, Massachusetts is $134,306 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Wakefield, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Wakefield, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
