† 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
GroupWestlandMichiganUnited States
German11.4%17.7%12.5%
Irish8.5%9.9%9.4%
Polish7.8%7.2%2.2%
English7.0%10.5%9.5%
American5.9%4.2%5.3%
Italian4.6%4.2%4.8%
Lebanese3.3%——
French2.6%3.0%1.6%
African American†22.5%12.2%9.9%
African0.8%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Mexican3.3%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Asian Indian1.7%1.2%1.4%
Bangladeshi0.5%0.2%—
Chinese0.3%0.5%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Pakistani0.3%——
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
Westland
Michigan
United States
Median age
38.1
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.2%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Westland
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$62,076
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.3%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.0%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Westland
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.2%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.5%
3.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.3%
1.8%
2.0%
Arabic
2.4%
1.8%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Westland
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.
Westland, Michigan
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+19.6%
2008
+31.4%
2012
+30.3%
2016
+16.6%
2020
+19.4%
2024
+14.4%
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
56.1%Harris24,541
41.7%Trump18,253
2.2%
D+14.4
R+5.0
D+15.8
43,779
D
59.0%Biden26,074
39.6%Trump17,498
1.5%
D+19.4
D+2.8
D+14.9
44,217
D
55.7%Clinton20,974
39.1%Trump14,725
5.2%
D+16.6
R+13.7
D+14.5
37,644
D
64.6%Obama24,104
34.3%Romney12,795
1.0%
D+30.3
R+1.0
D+26.5
37,285
D
64.7%Obama25,262
33.4%McCain13,021
1.9%
D+31.4
D+11.8
D+24.1
39,017
D
59.0%Kerry22,966
39.4%Bush15,341
1.5%
D+19.6
—
D+22.1
38,903
Westland sits in the outer ring of metro Detroit's Wayne County, where blue-collar homeowners and a slowly diversifying population have produced competitive swings in statewide races over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.4 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.4 points.
A population of 83,633, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,076 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Toledo and Taylor.
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, Westland, Michigan voted Democratic by 14.4 points (D+14.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 43,779 votes cast, 24,541 went Democratic and 18,253 went Republican.
How many people live in Westland, Michigan?
Westland, Michigan has a population of 83,633 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Westland, Michigan?
Median household income in Westland, Michigan is $62,076 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Westland, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Westland, Michigan from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
