† 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
GroupChestertownMarylandUnited States
English16.1%8.5%9.5%
Irish16.0%9.3%9.4%
German14.4%11.4%12.5%
American6.1%4.1%5.3%
Italian5.5%4.4%4.8%
Polish3.1%2.6%2.2%
Scottish2.2%1.1%1.3%
Welsh1.4%——
African American†21.3%23.6%9.9%
African0.5%1.2%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%1.1%0.2%
Mexican1.3%2.0%11.3%
Guatemalan0.8%1.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.2%0.5%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.2%——
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Pakistani1.2%0.3%—
Asian Indian0.4%1.7%1.4%
Filipino0.4%0.9%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
Chestertown
Maryland
United States
Median age
32.6
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
27.1%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.0%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chestertown
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$54,346
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
53.2%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chestertown
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.3%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
9.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
2.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chestertown
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.
Chestertown, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+19.1%
2008
+25.9%
2012
+27.3%
2016
+30.6%
2020
+35.5%
2024
+33.1%
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
65.1%Harris1,677
32.0%Trump824
2.9%
D+33.1
R+2.4
D+34.6
2,577
D
67.2%Biden1,705
31.7%Trump804
1.2%
D+35.5
D+4.9
D+31.0
2,539
D
62.0%Clinton1,034
31.4%Trump524
6.5%
D+30.6
D+3.3
D+28.5
1,667
D
62.7%Obama1,041
35.4%Romney588
1.9%
D+27.3
D+1.3
D+23.4
1,661
D
62.1%Obama1,380
36.2%McCain804
1.7%
D+25.9
D+6.9
D+18.7
2,221
D
59.0%Kerry1,185
39.9%Bush802
1.0%
D+19.1
—
D+21.5
2,008
Chestertown anchors Maryland's smallest county by population, a rural Eastern Shore jurisdiction where presidential margins have run 20-plus points in both directions depending on the cycle and turnout patterns along the river corridor.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.5 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.1 points.
A population of 5,594, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,346 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Westwood and Folcroft.
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, Chestertown, Maryland voted Democratic by 33.1 points (D+33.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,577 votes cast, 1,677 went Democratic and 824 went Republican.
How many people live in Chestertown, Maryland?
Chestertown, Maryland has a population of 5,594 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chestertown, Maryland?
Median household income in Chestertown, Maryland is $54,346 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Chestertown, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Chestertown, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
