† 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
GroupTaneytownMarylandUnited States
German23.1%11.4%12.5%
Irish17.6%9.3%9.4%
English13.8%8.5%9.5%
American11.5%4.1%5.3%
Italian7.2%4.4%4.8%
Polish3.9%2.6%2.2%
Scottish2.1%1.1%1.3%
French1.4%1.1%1.6%
African American†6.9%23.6%9.9%
African0.5%1.2%0.5%
Nigerian0.5%1.1%0.2%
Jamaican0.5%0.7%0.4%
Mexican0.9%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%3.5%0.7%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%1.2%0.5%
Peruvian0.2%0.3%—
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
Taneytown
Maryland
United States
Median age
38.4
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.7%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Taneytown
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$87,621
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.2%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.5%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Taneytown
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.6%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.6%
9.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.7%
1.3%
0.7%
Other languages
2.0%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Taneytown
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.
Taneytown, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−40.3%
2008
−31.1%
2012
−34.2%
2016
−45.3%
2020
−36.5%
2024
−31.6%
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
33.2%Harris1,409
64.8%Trump2,749
2.0%
R+31.6
D+4.9
R+30.1
4,241
R
30.6%Biden1,113
67.1%Trump2,438
2.3%
R+36.5
D+8.8
R+40.9
3,634
R
23.7%Clinton829
69.0%Trump2,410
7.3%
R+45.3
R+11.1
R+47.4
3,493
R
31.3%Obama920
65.5%Romney1,926
3.2%
R+34.2
R+3.1
R+38.1
2,941
R
33.5%Obama976
64.6%McCain1,881
2.0%
R+31.1
D+9.2
R+38.3
2,914
R
29.0%Kerry796
69.3%Bush1,902
1.7%
R+40.3
—
R+37.8
2,746
Taneytown sits at the northern edge of Maryland's Carroll County, where steady residential expansion from the Baltimore-Washington corridor has gradually shifted its demographic mix — making it a small but telling indicator of exurban political drift in a historically Republican county.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 45.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.6 points.
A population of 7,932, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,621 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Manchester and Unionville.
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, Taneytown, Maryland voted Republican by 31.6 points (R+31.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,241 votes cast, 1,409 went Democratic and 2,749 went Republican.
How many people live in Taneytown, Maryland?
Taneytown, Maryland has a population of 7,932 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Taneytown, Maryland?
Median household income in Taneytown, Maryland is $87,621 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Taneytown, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Taneytown, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
