† 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
GroupIndian HeadMarylandUnited States
African American†43.4%23.6%9.9%
African1.9%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican1.2%0.7%0.4%
Nigerian1.0%1.1%0.2%
Sierra Leonean0.2%——
Haitian0.2%0.3%0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.2%0.2%—
West Indian0.2%——
English9.8%8.5%9.5%
German8.0%11.4%12.5%
Irish7.7%9.3%9.4%
American4.5%4.1%5.3%
Italian2.9%4.4%4.8%
Polish1.1%2.6%2.2%
French1.1%1.1%1.6%
Scottish1.1%1.1%1.3%
Mexican2.5%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.6%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran1.5%3.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.9%1.2%0.5%
Dominican0.6%0.5%0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.7%0.3%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Peruvian0.2%0.3%—
Filipino0.5%0.9%0.9%
Asian Indian0.2%1.7%1.4%
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
Indian Head
Maryland
United States
Median age
38.6
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.2%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Indian Head
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$89,063
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.7%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.7%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Indian Head
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.2%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
9.6%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
2.5%
0.3%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
2.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Indian Head
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.
Indian Head, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+27.4%
2008
+48.1%
2012
+56.9%
2016
+54.9%
2020
+60.0%
2024
+51.8%
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
74.2%Harris1,393
22.4%Trump421
3.4%
D+51.8
R+8.2
D+53.3
1,877
D
79.5%Biden1,405
19.5%Trump344
1.1%
D+60.0
D+5.1
D+55.6
1,768
D
75.3%Clinton1,759
20.4%Trump476
4.3%
D+54.9
R+2.0
D+52.9
2,335
D
77.6%Obama1,565
20.7%Romney417
1.7%
D+56.9
D+8.8
D+53.1
2,016
D
73.6%Obama1,317
25.5%McCain456
0.9%
D+48.1
D+20.7
D+40.9
1,789
D
63.1%Kerry884
35.7%Bush500
1.1%
D+27.4
—
D+29.9
1,400
Indian Head sits at the confluence of the Potomac River and Mattawoman Creek, and its economy has long orbited the Naval Surface Warfare Center — a dynamic that shapes both its demographics and its relationship to federal policy debates.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.8 points.
A population of 4,055, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,063 describe the city.
In 2024, Indian Head, Maryland voted Democratic by 51.8 points (D+51.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,877 votes cast, 1,393 went Democratic and 421 went Republican.
How many people live in Indian Head, Maryland?
Indian Head, Maryland has a population of 4,055 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Indian Head, Maryland?
Median household income in Indian Head, Maryland is $89,063 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Indian Head, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Indian Head, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
