† 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
GroupThurmontMarylandUnited States
German25.6%11.4%12.5%
Irish17.6%9.3%9.4%
English16.9%8.5%9.5%
Italian8.1%4.4%4.8%
American6.4%4.1%5.3%
Polish4.2%2.6%2.2%
Scottish3.1%1.1%1.3%
French2.5%1.1%1.6%
Salvadoran1.2%3.5%0.7%
Mexican0.9%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.2%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%1.2%0.5%
Dominican0.4%0.5%0.7%
Peruvian0.3%0.3%—
Colombian0.3%0.4%0.4%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
African American†0.9%23.6%9.9%
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
Thurmont
Maryland
United States
Median age
39.3
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Thurmont
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$98,125
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.1%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.0%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Thurmont
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.3%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.7%
9.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Thurmont
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.
Thurmont, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−42.5%
2008
−24.8%
2012
−26.6%
2016
−43.9%
2020
−36.5%
2024
−32.5%
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
32.7%Harris1,169
65.2%Trump2,328
2.0%
R+32.5
D+4.0
R+31.0
3,570
R
30.8%Biden1,056
67.3%Trump2,306
1.9%
R+36.5
D+7.4
R+40.9
3,426
R
24.4%Clinton688
68.2%Trump1,926
7.4%
R+43.9
R+17.3
R+46.0
2,822
R
35.3%Obama1,158
61.9%Romney2,030
2.7%
R+26.6
R+1.8
R+30.5
3,277
R
36.7%Obama1,075
61.5%McCain1,803
1.9%
R+24.8
D+17.7
R+32.1
2,933
R
28.6%Kerry789
71.2%Bush1,962
0.2%
R+42.5
—
R+40.1
2,757
Thurmont sits at the base of Catoctin Mountain in Frederick County, where small-town rural demographics and proximity to the presidential retreat have long made it a reliably Republican-leaning precinct in an otherwise competitive county.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 43.9 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.5 points.
A population of 6,254, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,125 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Riviera Beach and Taneytown.
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, Thurmont, Maryland voted Republican by 32.5 points (R+32.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,570 votes cast, 1,169 went Democratic and 2,328 went Republican.
How many people live in Thurmont, Maryland?
Thurmont, Maryland has a population of 6,254 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Thurmont, Maryland?
Median household income in Thurmont, Maryland is $98,125 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Thurmont, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Thurmont, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
