† 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
GroupPalm River-Clair MelFloridaUnited States
Puerto Rican11.4%5.6%1.8%
Cuban10.8%7.3%0.7%
Mexican7.2%3.3%11.3%
Dominican2.6%1.3%0.7%
Colombian2.4%2.1%0.4%
Venezuelan1.4%1.6%—
Spaniard1.0%——
Guatemalan0.9%—0.5%
German6.2%8.9%12.5%
Irish5.5%8.2%9.4%
English5.4%8.2%9.5%
American4.1%7.7%5.3%
Italian4.0%5.6%4.8%
Polish1.5%2.1%2.2%
French1.1%1.7%1.6%
Scottish1.0%1.3%1.3%
African American†15.9%9.5%9.9%
Haitian1.3%2.3%0.3%
Jamaican1.2%1.5%0.4%
African0.7%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.3%0.2%—
West Indian0.3%——
Asian Indian2.3%0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.7%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.7%0.4%0.6%
Filipino0.6%0.5%0.9%
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
Palm River-Clair Mel
Florida
United States
Median age
34.9
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.4%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Palm River-Clair Mel
Florida
United States
Median household income
$71,787
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.1%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.0%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Palm River-Clair Mel
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
41.3%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
34.5%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.1%
2.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.7%
1.9%
2.0%
Vietnamese
1.8%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Palm River-Clair Mel
Florida
United States
Catholic
—
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
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.
Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+36.2%
2008
+47.8%
2012
+49.2%
2016
+41.5%
2020
+31.2%
2024
+15.9%
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
57.1%Harris5,304
41.2%Trump3,823
1.7%
D+15.9
R+15.3
D+17.4
9,288
D
64.8%Biden6,324
33.6%Trump3,278
1.6%
D+31.2
R+10.3
D+26.8
9,761
D
68.6%Clinton5,621
27.1%Trump2,221
4.3%
D+41.5
R+7.8
D+39.4
8,197
D
74.1%Obama5,326
24.9%Romney1,788
1.0%
D+49.2
D+1.4
D+45.4
7,186
D
73.5%Obama5,085
25.7%McCain1,776
0.9%
D+47.8
D+11.6
D+40.5
6,922
D
67.7%Kerry4,349
31.5%Bush2,025
0.8%
D+36.2
—
D+38.6
6,428
Palm River-Clair Mel is a dense, majority-Hispanic CDP where manufacturing and logistics workers make up a large share of the labor force, giving it a demographic profile that diverges sharply from the whiter, wealthier suburbs immediately to its east.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.2 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 15.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.9 points.
A population of 27,844, a 28% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,787 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oak Ridge and Meadow Woods.
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.
How did Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida voted Democratic by 15.9 points (D+15.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,288 votes cast, 5,304 went Democratic and 3,823 went Republican.
How many people live in Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida?
Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida has a population of 27,844 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida?
Median household income in Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida is $71,787 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
