† 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
GroupRosamondCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican42.5%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.3%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.7%1.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
Honduran0.3%—0.3%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
German8.6%6.8%12.5%
English8.5%6.3%9.5%
Irish7.2%5.9%9.4%
American5.3%2.8%5.3%
Italian2.9%3.4%4.8%
French1.5%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.5%0.9%1.3%
Polish0.9%0.9%2.2%
African American†8.9%4.4%9.9%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Filipino1.6%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian1.1%2.3%1.4%
Chinese0.3%3.9%1.3%
Vietnamese0.2%1.7%0.6%
Aztec8.6%0.3%—
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
Rosamond
California
United States
Median age
31.3
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.9%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.7%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rosamond
California
United States
Median household income
$79,386
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.1%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.2%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rosamond
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
32.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
28.2%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
3.4%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
2.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rosamond
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.
Rosamond, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−39.4%
2008
−23.6%
2012
−26.9%
2016
−20.7%
2020
−14.4%
2024
−20.0%
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
R
38.6%Harris2,846
58.6%Trump4,320
2.8%
R+20.0
R+5.6
R+18.5
7,373
R
41.2%Biden3,244
55.6%Trump4,379
3.2%
R+14.4
D+6.3
R+18.9
7,877
R
35.7%Clinton2,133
56.4%Trump3,369
7.9%
R+20.7
D+6.3
R+22.8
5,976
R
35.2%Obama1,912
62.1%Romney3,377
2.7%
R+26.9
R+3.4
R+30.8
5,438
R
37.6%Obama2,151
61.2%McCain3,498
1.1%
R+23.6
D+15.9
R+30.8
5,714
R
29.6%Kerry1,565
69.1%Bush3,648
1.3%
R+39.4
—
R+37.0
5,281
Rosamond sits at the edge of Edwards Air Force Base's footprint in Kern County, drawing a workforce tied to defense contracting and testing operations that shapes both its demographics and its voting patterns relative to surrounding desert communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 39.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.0 points.
A population of 21,473, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,386 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Liberal and Valle Vista.
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, Rosamond, California voted Republican by 20.0 points (R+20.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,373 votes cast, 2,846 went Democratic and 4,320 went Republican.
How many people live in Rosamond, California?
Rosamond, California has a population of 21,473 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rosamond, California?
Median household income in Rosamond, California is $79,386 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Rosamond, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Rosamond, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
