† 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
GroupSouthfieldMichiganUnited States
African American†61.4%12.2%9.9%
African1.5%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian1.0%—0.2%
Jamaican1.0%—0.4%
German5.7%17.7%12.5%
Irish3.8%9.9%9.4%
English3.7%10.5%9.5%
Polish3.1%7.2%2.2%
Italian2.2%4.2%4.8%
American1.3%4.2%5.3%
French1.0%3.0%1.6%
Scottish0.9%—1.3%
Asian Indian1.0%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.5%1.3%
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
Mexican1.0%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
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
Southfield
Michigan
United States
Median age
42.3
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.6%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Southfield
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$68,166
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.3%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.7%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Southfield
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.0%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.7%
3.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
1.8%
2.0%
Arabic
1.3%
1.8%
0.4%
Other languages
1.7%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Southfield
Michigan
United States
Catholic
—
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
60.3%
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.
Southfield, Michigan
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+71.3%
2008
+77.4%
2012
+79.1%
2016
+77.0%
2020
+75.0%
2024
+69.9%
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
84.1%Harris37,414
14.2%Trump6,327
1.7%
D+69.9
R+5.1
D+71.4
44,476
D
87.2%Biden40,403
12.1%Trump5,621
0.7%
D+75.0
R+2.0
D+70.6
46,359
D
87.5%Clinton37,421
10.5%Trump4,485
2.0%
D+77.0
R+2.1
D+74.9
42,762
D
88.9%Obama34,175
9.8%Romney3,774
1.2%
D+79.1
D+1.7
D+75.3
38,423
D
88.3%Obama38,000
10.9%McCain4,701
0.7%
D+77.4
D+6.1
D+70.1
43,022
D
85.3%Kerry32,573
14.0%Bush5,334
0.7%
D+71.3
—
D+73.8
38,193
Southfield shifted from majority-white to majority-Black between the 1970s and 1990s and now delivers some of Oakland County's highest Democratic margins, making it a reliable bellwether for suburban African-American political mobilization in Michigan.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 69.9 points.
A population of 76,236, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,166 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of South Fulton and Oak Park.
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, Southfield, Michigan voted Democratic by 69.9 points (D+69.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 44,476 votes cast, 37,414 went Democratic and 6,327 went Republican.
How many people live in Southfield, Michigan?
Southfield, Michigan has a population of 76,236 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Southfield, Michigan?
Median household income in Southfield, Michigan is $68,166 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Southfield, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Southfield, Michigan from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
