† 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
GroupHeberCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican91.1%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.5%2.0%0.7%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
African American†2.0%4.4%9.9%
African1.0%0.3%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%—0.4%
English2.2%6.3%9.5%
German1.8%6.8%12.5%
Irish1.8%5.9%9.4%
American1.6%2.8%5.3%
Italian0.7%3.4%4.8%
French0.3%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.2%0.9%1.3%
Norwegian0.2%——
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
Heber
California
United States
Median age
32
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
12.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
8.6%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Heber
California
United States
Median household income
$72,028
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.6%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.1%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Heber
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
86.1%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
85.7%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Heber
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.
Heber, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+34.2%
2008
+52.5%
2012
+60.2%
2016
+71.6%
2020
+40.2%
2024
+5.3%
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
51.2%Harris1,048
45.9%Trump939
2.8%
D+5.3
R+34.9
D+6.8
2,045
D
69.0%Biden1,475
28.8%Trump616
2.2%
D+40.2
R+31.4
D+35.7
2,137
D
83.3%Clinton1,438
11.7%Trump202
5.0%
D+71.6
D+11.4
D+69.5
1,726
D
79.2%Obama1,107
19.0%Romney266
1.7%
D+60.2
D+7.7
D+56.3
1,397
D
76.0%Obama894
23.4%McCain276
0.6%
D+52.5
D+18.3
D+45.2
1,177
D
66.7%Kerry660
32.6%Bush322
0.7%
D+34.2
—
D+36.6
989
Heber sits in California's Imperial Valley, where the workforce is heavily tied to irrigated agriculture and the population is predominantly Latino — a demographic profile that shapes both turnout patterns and the issues that dominate local races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 71.6 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 34.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.3 points.
A population of 7,312, a 1% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,028 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Muscoy and Garden Acres.
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, Heber, California voted Democratic by 5.3 points (D+5.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,045 votes cast, 1,048 went Democratic and 939 went Republican.
How many people live in Heber, California?
Heber, California has a population of 7,312 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Heber, California?
Median household income in Heber, California is $72,028 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Heber, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Heber, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
