† 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
GroupSebastopolCaliforniaUnited States
German15.1%6.8%12.5%
Irish14.8%5.9%9.4%
English14.7%6.3%9.5%
Italian9.7%3.4%4.8%
French3.4%1.3%1.6%
Scottish3.3%0.9%1.3%
American3.0%2.8%5.3%
Polish2.2%0.9%2.2%
Mexican12.8%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.5%2.0%0.7%
Spanish0.5%0.3%—
Spaniard0.3%0.3%—
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%1.3%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Chinese1.3%3.9%1.3%
Filipino1.3%3.3%0.9%
Vietnamese1.0%1.7%0.6%
Asian Indian0.9%2.3%1.4%
Korean0.3%1.2%0.4%
Japanese0.3%0.6%0.2%
Cambodian0.3%——
Nepalese0.3%——
African American†0.7%4.4%9.9%
Aztec3.3%0.3%—
Fijian1.6%——
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
Sebastopol
California
United States
Median age
49.1
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
6.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
27.9%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sebastopol
California
United States
Median household income
$87,684
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.7%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
51.3%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sebastopol
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.1%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
8.7%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sebastopol
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.
Sebastopol, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+63.3%
2008
+72.8%
2012
+68.4%
2016
+70.6%
2020
+74.7%
2024
+69.9%
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
82.9%Harris3,917
13.0%Trump615
4.1%
D+69.9
R+4.8
D+71.3
4,727
D
86.1%Biden4,470
11.4%Trump594
2.4%
D+74.7
D+4.1
D+70.2
5,189
D
81.5%Clinton3,713
10.9%Trump498
7.6%
D+70.6
D+2.2
D+68.5
4,557
D
82.3%Obama3,660
13.9%Romney619
3.8%
D+68.4
R+4.4
D+64.5
4,446
D
86.3%Obama3,837
13.5%McCain599
0.3%
D+72.8
D+9.5
D+65.5
4,448
D
80.9%Kerry3,363
17.6%Bush733
1.4%
D+63.3
—
D+65.7
4,156
Sebastopol's roughly 7,400 residents produce third-party vote shares that stand out even within reliably left-leaning Sonoma County, reflecting a politically engaged community where progressive and Green candidates draw unusually concentrated support.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 69.9 points.
A population of 7,445, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,684 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Capitola and Pleasure Point.
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, Sebastopol, California voted Democratic by 69.9 points (D+69.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,727 votes cast, 3,917 went Democratic and 615 went Republican.
How many people live in Sebastopol, California?
Sebastopol, California has a population of 7,445 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sebastopol, California?
Median household income in Sebastopol, California is $87,684 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Sebastopol, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sebastopol, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
