† 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
GroupSausalitoCaliforniaUnited States
English17.5%6.3%9.5%
German16.8%6.8%12.5%
Irish16.6%5.9%9.4%
Italian8.8%3.4%4.8%
Polish3.7%0.9%2.2%
French3.7%1.3%1.6%
Scottish3.0%0.9%1.3%
American2.9%2.8%5.3%
Mexican3.2%32.3%11.3%
Guatemalan2.1%1.3%0.5%
Salvadoran0.5%2.0%0.7%
Peruvian0.3%——
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Nicaraguan0.2%0.3%—
Chinese1.9%3.9%1.3%
Filipino1.1%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian1.0%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.7%1.7%0.6%
Korean0.5%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.5%0.6%0.2%
Maya0.3%——
Aztec0.3%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
Sausalito
California
United States
Median age
55.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
33.8%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sausalito
California
United States
Median household income
$182,357
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.0%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
76.5%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sausalito
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.7%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
28.4%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.7%
0.4%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
3.1%
3.4%
2.0%
Other languages
1.4%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sausalito
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.
Sausalito, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+56.6%
2008
+66.1%
2012
+54.7%
2016
+67.7%
2020
+72.2%
2024
+69.0%
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
D
83.2%Harris3,949
14.2%Trump676
2.5%
D+69.0
R+3.2
D+70.5
4,744
D
85.3%Biden4,555
13.0%Trump696
1.7%
D+72.2
D+4.5
D+67.8
5,342
D
81.2%Clinton3,799
13.5%Trump632
5.3%
D+67.7
D+13.0
D+65.6
4,678
D
75.9%Obama3,459
21.2%Romney965
2.9%
D+54.7
R+11.4
D+50.9
4,558
D
82.9%Obama4,134
16.8%McCain839
0.2%
D+66.1
D+9.5
D+58.8
4,985
D
77.7%Kerry3,753
21.1%Bush1,018
1.2%
D+56.6
—
D+59.1
4,831
Sausalito's small, affluent electorate votes heavily Democratic in state and federal contests, yet local races often turn on land-use and bay-access disputes that cut across party lines.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 69.0 points.
A population of 7,141, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $182,357 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Larkspur and Mill Valley.
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, Sausalito, California voted Democratic by 69.0 points (D+69.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,744 votes cast, 3,949 went Democratic and 676 went Republican.
How many people live in Sausalito, California?
Sausalito, California has a population of 7,141 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sausalito, California?
Median household income in Sausalito, California is $182,357 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Sausalito, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sausalito, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
