† 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
GroupEncinitasCaliforniaUnited States
German16.5%6.8%12.5%
English14.5%6.3%9.5%
Irish14.2%5.9%9.4%
Italian7.6%3.4%4.8%
American4.5%2.8%5.3%
French3.3%1.3%1.6%
Polish2.9%0.9%2.2%
Scottish2.9%0.9%1.3%
Mexican14.1%32.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Filipino1.6%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.7%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian0.5%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.5%1.7%0.6%
Korean0.2%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.2%0.6%0.2%
Aztec1.0%0.3%—
Maya0.7%——
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
Encinitas
California
United States
Median age
43.1
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
5.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Encinitas
California
United States
Median household income
$162,229
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.4%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
67.7%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Encinitas
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.1%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
10.9%
28.4%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.9%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Encinitas
California
United States
Catholic
—
26.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
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.
Encinitas, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+8.1%
2008
+24.2%
2012
+15.0%
2016
+31.6%
2020
+36.3%
2024
+32.0%
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
64.4%Harris24,508
32.4%Trump12,343
3.1%
D+32.0
R+4.3
D+33.5
38,041
D
67.0%Biden27,065
30.8%Trump12,424
2.2%
D+36.3
D+4.6
D+31.8
40,386
D
62.5%Clinton21,067
30.9%Trump10,399
6.7%
D+31.6
D+16.7
D+29.6
33,708
D
56.2%Obama18,512
41.2%Romney13,576
2.5%
D+15.0
R+9.2
D+11.1
32,923
D
62.0%Obama20,297
37.8%McCain12,377
0.2%
D+24.2
D+16.1
D+16.9
32,740
D
53.6%Kerry16,150
45.5%Bush13,721
0.9%
D+8.1
—
D+10.5
30,137
Encinitas leans Democratic in registration but has produced competitive results in U.S. House races, reflecting an affluent, college-educated coastal electorate that resists easy categorization by either party.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.0 points.
A population of 61,480, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $162,229 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lafayette and Eastern Goleta Valley.
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, Encinitas, California voted Democratic by 32.0 points (D+32.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 38,041 votes cast, 24,508 went Democratic and 12,343 went Republican.
How many people live in Encinitas, California?
Encinitas, California has a population of 61,480 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Encinitas, California?
Median household income in Encinitas, California is $162,229 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Encinitas, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Encinitas, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
