† 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
GroupInterlakenCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican71.0%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran2.1%2.0%0.7%
Spaniard1.6%0.3%—
Puerto Rican1.2%0.6%1.8%
Spanish1.2%0.3%—
Cuban0.5%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%1.3%0.5%
Colombian0.5%0.3%0.4%
English5.3%6.3%9.5%
German5.1%6.8%12.5%
Irish4.7%5.9%9.4%
Italian2.7%3.4%4.8%
Scottish1.0%0.9%1.3%
French1.0%1.3%1.6%
American0.9%2.8%5.3%
Polish0.8%0.9%2.2%
Chinese0.3%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian0.2%2.3%1.4%
Filipino0.2%3.3%0.9%
Aztec8.9%0.3%—
Maya4.5%——
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
Interlaken
California
United States
Median age
34.3
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Interlaken
California
United States
Median household income
$109,150
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.1%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Interlaken
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
65.9%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
64.6%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Interlaken
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.
Interlaken, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+37.3%
2008
+49.2%
2012
+57.2%
2016
+53.3%
2020
+54.0%
2024
+37.3%
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
67.1%Harris1,724
29.8%Trump766
3.1%
D+37.3
R+16.8
D+38.7
2,570
D
76.1%Biden2,227
22.0%Trump645
1.9%
D+54.0
D+0.8
D+49.6
2,927
D
73.5%Clinton1,683
20.2%Trump463
6.3%
D+53.3
R+3.9
D+51.2
2,290
D
76.3%Obama1,475
19.1%Romney369
4.6%
D+57.2
D+8.0
D+53.4
1,933
D
74.4%Obama1,454
25.2%McCain492
0.5%
D+49.2
D+11.9
D+41.9
1,955
D
67.3%Kerry1,345
30.0%Bush599
2.8%
D+37.3
—
D+39.8
1,999
Interlaken sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.2 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 16.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.3 points.
A population of 8,068, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,150 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Citrus and El Rio.
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, Interlaken, California voted Democratic by 37.3 points (D+37.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,570 votes cast, 1,724 went Democratic and 766 went Republican.
How many people live in Interlaken, California?
Interlaken, California has a population of 8,068 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Interlaken, California?
Median household income in Interlaken, California is $109,150 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Interlaken, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Interlaken, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
