† 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
GroupShorelineWashingtonUnited States
German14.2%14.5%12.5%
English13.1%12.1%9.5%
Irish10.2%9.8%9.4%
Italian4.0%3.1%4.8%
Norwegian4.0%4.0%—
American3.0%3.8%5.3%
Swedish2.8%1.8%—
Scottish2.7%2.6%1.3%
Chinese4.1%2.2%1.3%
Asian Indian3.6%2.0%1.4%
Filipino1.6%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese1.6%1.1%0.6%
Korean1.1%0.9%0.4%
Japanese0.6%0.4%0.2%
Taiwanese0.3%——
Cambodian0.2%0.3%—
Mexican5.6%10.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.4%0.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%0.4%—
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
African American†3.4%2.3%9.9%
Ethiopian0.9%0.3%—
African0.6%0.4%0.5%
Somali0.6%0.2%—
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Kenyan0.2%——
Samoan0.8%0.2%—
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
Shoreline
Washington
United States
Median age
42.9
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
4.9%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.7%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shoreline
Washington
United States
Median household income
$112,751
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.8%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
52.8%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shoreline
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
24.3%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.8%
9.1%
13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.9%
1.9%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.0%
0.9%
0.6%
Other languages
3.6%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shoreline
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
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.
Shoreline, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+37.8%
2008
+48.0%
2012
+48.9%
2016
+56.5%
2020
+60.6%
2024
+60.4%
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
78.1%Harris25,753
17.7%Trump5,844
4.2%
D+60.4
R+0.2
D+61.9
32,972
D
78.9%Biden27,584
18.3%Trump6,395
2.8%
D+60.6
D+4.2
D+56.2
34,953
D
75.0%Clinton22,152
18.6%Trump5,484
6.4%
D+56.5
D+7.6
D+54.4
29,517
D
73.0%Obama21,594
24.1%Romney7,130
2.9%
D+48.9
D+0.9
D+45.0
29,586
D
73.2%Obama20,906
25.2%McCain7,189
1.6%
D+48.0
D+10.3
D+40.8
28,555
D
68.1%Kerry18,711
30.3%Bush8,336
1.6%
D+37.8
—
D+40.2
27,478
Shoreline sits just north of Seattle along the I-5 corridor and has trended toward high Democratic margins, driven by an increasingly younger, renter-heavy population arriving ahead of its new light-rail connections.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.6 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 60.4 points.
A population of 61,431, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $112,751 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burien and Kenmore.
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, Shoreline, Washington voted Democratic by 60.4 points (D+60.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 32,972 votes cast, 25,753 went Democratic and 5,844 went Republican.
How many people live in Shoreline, Washington?
Shoreline, Washington has a population of 61,431 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shoreline, Washington?
Median household income in Shoreline, Washington is $112,751 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Shoreline, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Shoreline, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
