† 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
GroupPleasantonCaliforniaUnited States
Chinese14.2%3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian12.5%2.3%1.4%
Filipino7.0%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese2.6%1.7%0.6%
Korean1.6%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.9%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese0.8%0.3%—
Pakistani0.5%——
German8.1%6.8%12.5%
English7.7%6.3%9.5%
Irish7.6%5.9%9.4%
Italian4.2%3.4%4.8%
American2.5%2.8%5.3%
French1.8%1.3%1.6%
Portuguese1.8%——
Polish1.5%0.9%2.2%
Mexican8.7%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.7%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.7%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.3%0.3%—
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
African American†1.5%4.4%9.9%
Aztec0.8%0.3%—
Maya0.5%——
Fijian0.5%——
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
Pleasanton
California
United States
Median age
43.1
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
5.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.7%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pleasanton
California
United States
Median household income
$190,124
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.3%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
69.9%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pleasanton
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
43.6%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.4%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
12.4%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
10.8%
3.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
8.4%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pleasanton
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.
Pleasanton, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+9.9%
2008
+21.6%
2012
+17.1%
2016
+32.7%
2020
+39.2%
2024
+34.6%
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
65.3%Harris23,566
30.7%Trump11,066
4.0%
D+34.6
R+4.5
D+36.1
36,080
D
68.5%Biden28,340
29.3%Trump12,127
2.3%
D+39.2
D+6.4
D+34.7
41,401
D
63.1%Clinton21,912
30.4%Trump10,553
6.5%
D+32.7
D+15.6
D+30.6
34,715
D
57.0%Obama19,169
39.8%Romney13,410
3.2%
D+17.1
R+4.4
D+13.3
33,652
D
60.7%Obama20,708
39.1%McCain13,351
0.2%
D+21.6
D+11.6
D+14.3
34,139
D
54.5%Kerry17,936
44.5%Bush14,664
1.0%
D+9.9
—
D+12.4
32,928
Pleasanton sits at the eastern edge of the Bay Area's Tri-Valley corridor, where high incomes and homeownership rates have historically anchored competitive margins in down-ballot races even as presidential results have shifted toward Democrats.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.6 points.
A population of 76,960, a 39% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $190,124 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of San Ramon and Los Altos.
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, Pleasanton, California voted Democratic by 34.6 points (D+34.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 36,080 votes cast, 23,566 went Democratic and 11,066 went Republican.
How many people live in Pleasanton, California?
Pleasanton, California has a population of 76,960 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pleasanton, California?
Median household income in Pleasanton, California is $190,124 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Pleasanton, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pleasanton, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
