† 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
GroupWoodsideCaliforniaUnited States
Irish15.9%5.9%9.4%
German14.5%6.8%12.5%
English14.5%6.3%9.5%
Italian12.0%3.4%4.8%
American6.7%2.8%5.3%
French4.1%1.3%1.6%
Scottish3.1%0.9%1.3%
Russian3.1%——
Mexican3.7%32.3%11.3%
Salvadoran0.8%2.0%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%1.3%0.5%
Nicaraguan0.3%0.3%—
Peruvian0.2%——
Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%
Chinese2.7%3.9%1.3%
Filipino1.9%3.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.7%2.3%1.4%
Japanese0.3%0.6%0.2%
Korean0.2%1.2%0.4%
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
Woodside
California
United States
Median age
46.4
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.6%
15.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Woodside
California
United States
Median household income
$250,001
$99,122
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
76.2%
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Woodside
California
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.1%
44.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.4%
28.4%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
3.8%
0.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
6.8%
3.4%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Woodside
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.
Woodside, California
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+22.0%
2008
+29.7%
2012
+14.8%
2016
+43.8%
2020
+48.5%
2024
+47.5%
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
72.1%Harris2,506
24.6%Trump856
3.3%
D+47.5
R+1.0
D+48.9
3,476
D
73.1%Biden2,657
24.6%Trump895
2.3%
D+48.5
D+4.7
D+44.0
3,636
D
68.5%Clinton2,305
24.8%Trump833
6.7%
D+43.8
D+28.9
D+41.7
3,364
D
56.2%Obama1,809
41.4%Romney1,332
2.4%
D+14.8
R+14.9
D+11.0
3,218
D
64.7%Obama2,288
35.0%McCain1,237
0.3%
D+29.7
D+7.8
D+22.5
3,536
D
60.4%Kerry2,214
38.4%Bush1,409
1.2%
D+22.0
—
D+24.4
3,667
Woodside's 5,000-plus residents occupy one of the Bay Area's wealthiest ZIP codes, and local ballot fights over housing density and horse-trail preservation consistently draw outsized turnout for a town its size.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.5 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.5 points.
A population of 5,126, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $250,001 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Atherton and Clayton.
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, Woodside, California voted Democratic by 47.5 points (D+47.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,476 votes cast, 2,506 went Democratic and 856 went Republican.
How many people live in Woodside, California?
Woodside, California has a population of 5,126 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Woodside, California?
Median household income in Woodside, California is $250,001 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Woodside, California?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Woodside, California from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
