† 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
GroupWavelandMississippiUnited States
American11.8%10.0%5.3%
English11.4%10.6%9.5%
Irish10.6%7.4%9.4%
German10.2%5.1%12.5%
French9.1%1.7%1.6%
Italian5.6%1.7%4.8%
Scottish1.6%1.6%1.3%
Polish1.2%—2.2%
African American†12.1%35.3%9.9%
Mexican1.7%1.9%11.3%
Spanish0.9%——
Spaniard0.6%——
Blackfeet0.2%——
Aztec0.2%——
Asian Indian0.8%0.1%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.1%1.3%
Japanese0.4%—0.2%
Filipino0.2%0.1%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.2%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
Waveland
Mississippi
United States
Median age
40.7
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.1%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Waveland
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$68,693
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.8%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.7%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Waveland
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.9%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
2.7%
13.6%
Arabic
1.3%
0.1%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Waveland
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
—
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
40.7%
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.
Waveland, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−24.5%
2008
−38.7%
2012
−32.5%
2016
−42.8%
2020
−41.2%
2024
−46.1%
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
R
26.5%Harris776
72.6%Trump2,129
0.9%
R+46.1
R+4.9
R+44.7
2,932
R
28.3%Biden868
69.5%Trump2,132
2.2%
R+41.2
D+1.6
R+45.7
3,068
R
27.1%Clinton677
69.9%Trump1,747
3.0%
R+42.8
R+10.3
R+44.9
2,500
R
32.9%Obama769
65.4%Romney1,527
1.7%
R+32.5
D+6.3
R+36.3
2,335
R
29.4%Obama673
68.2%McCain1,559
2.4%
R+38.7
R+14.2
R+46.0
2,287
R
36.8%Kerry910
61.3%Bush1,515
1.8%
R+24.5
—
R+22.0
2,470
Waveland sits at the southwestern tip of Hancock County, one of the hardest-hit points of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, and its slow post-storm repopulation has shaped a smaller, demographically shifted electorate compared to pre-2005 rolls.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 46.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.1 points.
A population of 7,062, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,693 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chackbay and Galliano.
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, Waveland, Mississippi voted Republican by 46.1 points (R+46.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,932 votes cast, 776 went Democratic and 2,129 went Republican.
How many people live in Waveland, Mississippi?
Waveland, Mississippi has a population of 7,062 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Waveland, Mississippi?
Median household income in Waveland, Mississippi is $68,693 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Waveland, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Waveland, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
