† 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
GroupWaterfordCaliforniaUnited States
Mexican46.9%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.8%2.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%1.3%0.5%
Spaniard0.4%0.3%—
Spanish0.3%0.3%—
Nicaraguan0.2%0.3%—
German9.7%6.8%12.5%
Irish8.7%5.9%9.4%
English8.7%6.3%9.5%
Portuguese5.8%——
Italian4.4%3.4%4.8%
American3.0%2.8%5.3%
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.6%0.9%1.3%
Asian Indian1.2%2.3%1.4%
Filipino0.8%3.3%0.9%
Chinese0.5%3.9%1.3%
Cambodian0.4%——
Afghan0.3%——
Vietnamese0.3%1.7%0.6%
Aztec2.8%0.3%—
Fijian2.1%——
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
Waterford
California
United States
Median age
31.7
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
12.1%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
8.0%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Waterford
California
United States
Median household income
$74,343
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
9.8%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Waterford
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
41.6%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
37.0%
28.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.4%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Waterford
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.
Waterford, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−33.7%
2008
−14.6%
2012
−14.1%
2016
−22.0%
2020
−21.9%
2024
−31.4%
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
33.2%Harris1,083
64.6%Trump2,107
2.2%
R+31.4
R+9.5
R+29.9
3,263
R
37.9%Biden1,240
59.8%Trump1,956
2.2%
R+21.9
D+0.1
R+26.4
3,269
R
36.4%Clinton934
58.4%Trump1,499
5.2%
R+22.0
R+7.9
R+24.1
2,566
R
41.5%Obama936
55.6%Romney1,255
3.0%
R+14.1
D+0.4
R+18.0
2,258
R
42.4%Obama1,019
57.0%McCain1,369
0.6%
R+14.6
D+19.1
R+21.8
2,403
R
32.8%Kerry748
66.5%Bush1,515
0.7%
R+33.7
—
R+31.2
2,278
Waterford sits in the Pacific Coast. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 33.7 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.4 points.
A population of 9,204, a 39% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,343 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fort Morgan and Port LaBelle.
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, Waterford, California voted Republican by 31.4 points (R+31.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,263 votes cast, 1,083 went Democratic and 2,107 went Republican.
How many people live in Waterford, California?
Waterford, California has a population of 9,204 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Waterford, California?
Median household income in Waterford, California is $74,343 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Waterford, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Waterford, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
