† 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
GroupKensingtonCaliforniaUnited States
German14.4%6.8%12.5%
English14.4%6.3%9.5%
Irish13.2%5.9%9.4%
Italian8.5%3.4%4.8%
American4.0%2.8%5.3%
French2.7%1.3%1.6%
Scottish2.7%0.9%1.3%
Polish2.3%0.9%2.2%
Filipino3.0%3.3%0.9%
Chinese2.7%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian2.3%2.3%1.4%
Korean0.5%1.2%0.4%
Vietnamese0.5%1.7%0.6%
Japanese0.4%0.6%0.2%
Pakistani0.2%——
Afghan0.2%——
Mexican3.9%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.6%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%1.3%0.5%
Nicaraguan0.2%0.3%—
Peruvian0.2%——
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
African American†2.2%4.4%9.9%
Aztec0.3%0.3%—
Maya0.2%——
Samoan0.2%——
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
Kensington
California
United States
Median age
46.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
3.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.4%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kensington
California
United States
Median household income
$237,130
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
3.6%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
83.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kensington
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.7%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.9%
28.4%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.4%
0.4%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
4.4%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.7%
3.5%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kensington
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.
Kensington, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+74.7%
2008
+80.3%
2012
+76.5%
2016
+83.2%
2020
+85.6%
2024
+85.6%
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
90.9%Harris3,396
5.4%Trump200
3.7%
D+85.6
±0.0
D+87.1
3,734
D
92.1%Biden3,723
6.5%Trump263
1.4%
D+85.6
D+2.4
D+81.2
4,041
D
89.1%Clinton3,283
5.9%Trump217
5.0%
D+83.2
D+6.7
D+81.1
3,684
D
86.9%Obama3,003
10.4%Romney360
2.7%
D+76.5
R+3.8
D+72.6
3,456
D
90.1%Obama3,147
9.8%McCain343
0.1%
D+80.3
D+5.6
D+73.0
3,494
D
87.1%Kerry2,645
12.4%Bush377
0.5%
D+74.7
—
D+77.1
3,038
Kensington sits tucked between Berkeley and El Cerrito in Contra Costa County, drawing an highly educated, owner-occupied population whose participation rates in primary elections routinely exceed those of neighboring precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.6 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 85.6 points.
A population of 5,179, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $237,130 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tamalpais-Homestead Valley and Corte Madera.
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, Kensington, California voted Democratic by 85.6 points (D+85.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,734 votes cast, 3,396 went Democratic and 200 went Republican.
How many people live in Kensington, California?
Kensington, California has a population of 5,179 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kensington, California?
Median household income in Kensington, California is $237,130 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Kensington, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Kensington, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
