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
GroupSalton CityCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican75.8%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.5%2.0%0.7%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%1.3%0.5%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
English5.1%6.3%9.5%
German4.2%6.8%12.5%
Irish4.2%5.9%9.4%
American3.7%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.7%3.4%4.8%
French0.7%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.5%0.9%1.3%
Norwegian0.5%——
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
Salton City
California
United States
Median age
35.8
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.3%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Salton City
California
United States
Median household income
$47,827
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.4%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
7.4%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Salton City
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
70.8%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
70.6%
28.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Salton City
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.
Salton City, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+0.4%
2008
+6.3%
2012
+4.9%
2016
−0.2%
2020
+10.5%
2024
−8.4%
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
44.5%Harris428
53.0%Trump509
2.5%
R+8.4
R+19.0
R+7.0
961
D
53.9%Biden501
43.3%Trump403
2.8%
D+10.5
D+10.7
D+6.1
930
R
47.7%Clinton272
47.9%Trump273
4.4%
R+0.2
R+5.1
R+2.3
570
D
51.6%Obama242
46.7%Romney219
1.7%
D+4.9
R+1.4
D+1.0
469
D
44.2%Obama231
37.9%McCain198
18.0%
D+6.3
D+5.9
R+1.0
523
D
42.5%Kerry202
42.1%Bush200
15.4%
D+0.4
—
D+2.9
475
Salton City sits along the receding western shore of the Salton Sea, where decades of failed development left a sparse, aging population in one of Imperial County's most economically isolated corners.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 10.5 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 8.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 19.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.4 points.
A population of 5,988, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,827 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Keyes and East Porterville.
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, Salton City, California voted Republican by 8.4 points (R+8.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 961 votes cast, 428 went Democratic and 509 went Republican.
When did Salton City, California last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Salton City, California voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Salton City, California?
Salton City, California has a population of 5,988 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Salton City, California?
Median household income in Salton City, California is $47,827 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Salton City, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Salton City, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.
