† 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
GroupSacoMaineUnited States
English20.0%21.8%9.5%
Irish17.7%16.5%9.4%
French11.4%11.3%1.6%
French Canadian7.4%6.1%—
German6.9%7.8%12.5%
Italian6.2%5.4%4.8%
American4.8%5.9%5.3%
Scottish3.8%4.4%1.3%
Mexican1.1%0.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%—0.5%
Spanish0.3%——
African American†1.2%0.9%9.9%
Jamaican0.5%—0.4%
Chinese0.2%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
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
Saco
Maine
United States
Median age
44.9
44.8
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.5%
22.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Saco
Maine
United States
Median household income
$92,241
$74,733
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.4%
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.5%
36.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Saco
Maine
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.6%
6.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
1.0%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.3%
2.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
0.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Saco
Maine
United States
Catholic
—
16.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
6.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
69.3%
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.
Saco, Maine
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+21.4%
2008
+30.8%
2012
+26.3%
2016
+17.6%
2020
+26.4%
2024
+26.3%
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
62.1%Harris7,914
35.9%Trump4,568
2.0%
D+26.3
R+0.1
D+27.7
12,736
D
61.8%Biden7,847
35.3%Trump4,491
2.9%
D+26.4
D+8.9
D+22.0
12,706
D
55.6%Clinton5,929
38.0%Trump4,056
6.4%
D+17.6
R+8.7
D+15.5
10,672
D
61.9%Obama6,215
35.7%Romney3,578
2.4%
D+26.3
R+4.5
D+22.4
10,035
D
64.6%Obama6,457
33.7%McCain3,374
1.7%
D+30.8
D+9.4
D+23.6
10,001
D
59.9%Kerry6,190
38.4%Bush3,975
1.7%
D+21.4
—
D+23.9
10,339
Saco sits at the mouth of the Saco River just south of Portland's orbit, drawing a mix of longtime working-class residents and newer commuter households whose shifting turnout patterns have made it a reliable bellwether for York County contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.8 points in 2008. The 2024 margin was 26.3 points.
A population of 20,819, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,241 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Concord and Dover.
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, Saco, Maine voted Democratic by 26.3 points (D+26.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,736 votes cast, 7,914 went Democratic and 4,568 went Republican.
How many people live in Saco, Maine?
Saco, Maine has a population of 20,819 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Saco, Maine?
Median household income in Saco, Maine is $92,241 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maine state median is $74,733.
What is the political history of Saco, Maine?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Saco, Maine from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
