† 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
GroupRossvilleMarylandUnited States
African American†41.0%23.6%9.9%
Nigerian2.5%1.1%0.2%
African2.0%1.2%0.5%
Jamaican1.0%0.7%0.4%
Ethiopian0.7%0.7%—
Kenyan0.5%——
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.5%0.2%—
Ghanaian0.3%0.3%—
German9.3%11.4%12.5%
Irish7.1%9.3%9.4%
English5.1%8.5%9.5%
Italian3.6%4.4%4.8%
American2.8%4.1%5.3%
Polish2.6%2.6%2.2%
French0.7%1.1%1.6%
Scottish0.7%1.1%1.3%
Asian Indian1.7%1.7%1.4%
Chinese1.2%1.3%1.3%
Filipino1.2%0.9%0.9%
Pakistani0.8%0.3%—
Korean0.7%0.8%0.4%
Nepalese0.7%0.2%—
Burmese0.7%——
Vietnamese0.4%0.4%0.6%
Salvadoran0.7%3.5%0.7%
Mexican0.7%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.2%1.8%
Honduran0.3%0.7%0.3%
Guatemalan0.2%1.2%0.5%
Dominican0.2%0.5%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
Rossville
Maryland
United States
Median age
41
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.0%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rossville
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$90,000
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.7%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.4%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rossville
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
21.6%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.7%
9.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.1%
1.3%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.1%
2.5%
2.0%
Other languages
6.5%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rossville
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.
Rossville, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+5.2%
2008
+15.3%
2012
+24.2%
2016
+25.4%
2020
+35.6%
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
65.3%Harris4,399
32.3%Trump2,174
2.4%
D+33.1
R+2.6
D+34.5
6,732
D
67.3%Biden4,372
31.7%Trump2,059
1.0%
D+35.6
D+10.2
D+31.2
6,494
D
60.3%Clinton3,715
34.9%Trump2,149
4.9%
D+25.4
D+1.2
D+23.3
6,164
D
60.9%Obama3,666
36.6%Romney2,207
2.5%
D+24.2
D+8.9
D+20.4
6,023
D
56.9%Obama3,256
41.6%McCain2,380
1.4%
D+15.3
D+10.1
D+8.0
5,718
D
51.9%Kerry2,773
46.7%Bush2,495
1.3%
D+5.2
—
D+7.7
5,338
Rossville sits on Baltimore County's eastern edge, drawing residents who balance suburban housing costs with proximity to city employment—a demographic mix that tends to produce competitive margins in county-level races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.6 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.1 points.
A population of 16,059, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,000 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Old Jamestown and Reisterstown.
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, Rossville, Maryland voted Democratic by 33.1 points (D+33.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,732 votes cast, 4,399 went Democratic and 2,174 went Republican.
How many people live in Rossville, Maryland?
Rossville, Maryland has a population of 16,059 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rossville, Maryland?
Median household income in Rossville, Maryland is $90,000 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Rossville, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Rossville, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
