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
GroupLa CrestaCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican62.4%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.9%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.0%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%0.3%—
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
Honduran0.4%—0.3%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
German9.4%6.8%12.5%
English9.2%6.3%9.5%
Irish7.9%5.9%9.4%
American5.8%2.8%5.3%
Italian3.1%3.4%4.8%
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.6%0.9%1.3%
Polish1.0%0.9%2.2%
African American†4.7%4.4%9.9%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Aztec11.0%0.3%—
Filipino0.7%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.5%2.3%1.4%
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
La Cresta
California
United States
Median age
29.1
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
11.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.4%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
La Cresta
California
United States
Median household income
$49,605
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.3%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
La Cresta
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
53.6%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
48.6%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
3.4%
2.0%
Arabic
2.3%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
La Cresta
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.
La Cresta, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−10.0%
2008
+7.3%
2012
+12.5%
2016
+17.1%
2020
+14.4%
2024
+1.8%
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
49.3%Harris1,011
47.5%Trump974
3.2%
D+1.8
R+12.6
D+3.3
2,050
D
55.9%Biden1,322
41.5%Trump981
2.6%
D+14.4
R+2.7
D+10.0
2,365
D
55.6%Clinton1,107
38.5%Trump767
5.9%
D+17.1
D+4.6
D+15.0
1,991
D
54.9%Obama991
42.4%Romney766
2.7%
D+12.5
D+5.1
D+8.6
1,806
D
53.2%Obama1,010
45.9%McCain871
0.9%
D+7.3
D+17.4
D+0.1
1,898
R
44.0%Kerry745
54.0%Bush915
2.0%
R+10.0
—
R+7.6
1,694
La Cresta sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 17.1 points in 2016 and a Republican high of 10.0 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 12.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.8 points.
A population of 8,389, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,605 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hillcrest and Benton Park.
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, La Cresta, California voted Democratic by 1.8 points (D+1.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,050 votes cast, 1,011 went Democratic and 974 went Republican.
When did La Cresta, California last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which La Cresta, California voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in La Cresta, California?
La Cresta, California has a population of 8,389 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in La Cresta, California?
Median household income in La Cresta, California is $49,605 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of La Cresta, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in La Cresta, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 1 went Republican.
