† 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
GroupArbutusMarylandUnited States
German16.9%11.4%12.5%
Irish12.9%9.3%9.4%
English9.3%8.5%9.5%
Italian6.5%4.4%4.8%
American5.1%4.1%5.3%
Polish4.7%2.6%2.2%
French1.3%1.1%1.6%
Scottish1.3%1.1%1.3%
African American†11.2%23.6%9.9%
Nigerian0.7%1.1%0.2%
African0.5%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%0.7%0.4%
Ethiopian0.2%0.7%—
Asian Indian2.5%1.7%1.4%
Chinese1.7%1.3%1.3%
Filipino1.7%0.9%0.9%
Pakistani1.2%0.3%—
Korean1.0%0.8%0.4%
Nepalese1.0%0.2%—
Burmese1.0%——
Vietnamese0.6%0.4%0.6%
Salvadoran1.7%3.5%0.7%
Mexican1.6%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%1.2%1.8%
Honduran0.7%0.7%0.3%
Guatemalan0.6%1.2%0.5%
Dominican0.5%0.5%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.4%0.4%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
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
Arbutus
Maryland
United States
Median age
33.9
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
12.2%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.4%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Arbutus
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$99,090
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.0%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
41.8%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Arbutus
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.4%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.6%
9.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.8%
2.5%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.4%
1.2%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
5.1%
1.1%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Arbutus
Maryland
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
56.6%
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.
Arbutus, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−22.1%
2008
−12.5%
2012
−6.4%
2016
−11.7%
2020
−0.8%
2024
−2.0%
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
47.5%Harris4,499
49.4%Trump4,686
3.1%
R+2.0
R+1.1
R+0.5
9,481
R
48.6%Biden4,491
49.5%Trump4,569
1.9%
R+0.8
D+10.9
R+5.3
9,235
R
40.3%Clinton3,372
52.0%Trump4,351
7.7%
R+11.7
R+5.3
R+13.8
8,370
R
45.5%Obama4,305
52.0%Romney4,914
2.5%
R+6.4
D+6.0
R+10.3
9,454
R
42.5%Obama3,811
54.9%McCain4,929
2.6%
R+12.5
D+9.7
R+19.7
8,970
R
37.8%Kerry3,252
60.0%Bush5,154
2.2%
R+22.1
—
R+19.7
8,592
Arbutus sits just southwest of Baltimore City in Baltimore County, where working-class homeownership and proximity to UMBC shape an electorate that has historically tracked competitive margins in county-level contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 22.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.0 points.
A population of 22,507, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,090 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pasadena and Carnot-Moon.
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, Arbutus, Maryland voted Republican by 2.0 points (R+2.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,481 votes cast, 4,499 went Democratic and 4,686 went Republican.
How many people live in Arbutus, Maryland?
Arbutus, Maryland has a population of 22,507 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Arbutus, Maryland?
Median household income in Arbutus, Maryland is $99,090 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Arbutus, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Arbutus, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
