† 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
GroupWalnutCaliforniaUnited States
Chinese20.5%3.9%1.3%
Filipino16.3%3.3%0.9%
Korean9.3%1.2%0.4%
Asian Indian4.7%2.3%1.4%
Vietnamese4.7%1.7%0.6%
Japanese4.2%0.6%0.2%
Taiwanese1.9%0.3%—
Cambodian1.4%——
Mexican12.5%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran1.6%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan1.1%1.3%0.5%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
German1.9%6.8%12.5%
Irish1.7%5.9%9.4%
English1.7%6.3%9.5%
American1.4%2.8%5.3%
Italian1.1%3.4%4.8%
Armenian0.9%——
Polish0.5%0.9%2.2%
French0.4%1.3%1.6%
African American†1.8%4.4%9.9%
Aztec4.5%0.3%—
Maya2.7%——
Samoan0.9%——
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
Walnut
California
United States
Median age
46.8
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
6.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Walnut
California
United States
Median household income
$129,449
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.1%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
57.3%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Walnut
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
68.3%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
8.3%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
4.6%
3.4%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
38.5%
3.5%
1.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
6.6%
2.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Walnut
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.
Walnut, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+0.6%
2008
+14.8%
2012
+17.6%
2016
+28.8%
2020
+25.0%
2024
+11.8%
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, 2012, 2024 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
54.1%Harris7,011
42.3%Trump5,480
3.5%
D+11.8
R+13.2
D+13.3
12,950
D
61.8%Biden9,222
36.7%Trump5,485
1.5%
D+25.0
R+3.8
D+20.6
14,930
D
62.0%Clinton7,160
33.2%Trump3,835
4.8%
D+28.8
D+11.2
D+26.7
11,553
D
57.6%Obama6,753
40.0%Romney4,688
2.5%
D+17.6
D+2.8
D+13.7
11,732
D
57.3%Obama6,912
42.5%McCain5,126
0.2%
D+14.8
D+14.2
D+7.5
12,058
D
50.0%Kerry6,082
49.4%Bush6,005
0.7%
D+0.6
—
D+3.1
12,167
Walnut sits in eastern Los Angeles County with an exceptionally educated population—roughly 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher—making educational attainment one of the sharpest demographic signals in local electoral patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 13.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.8 points.
A population of 27,611, a 9% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $129,449 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Temple City and Cerritos.
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, Walnut, California voted Democratic by 11.8 points (D+11.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,950 votes cast, 7,011 went Democratic and 5,480 went Republican.
How many people live in Walnut, California?
Walnut, California has a population of 27,611 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Walnut, California?
Median household income in Walnut, California is $129,449 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Walnut, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Walnut, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
