† 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
GroupBellinghamMassachusettsUnited States
Irish30.7%18.6%9.4%
Italian15.0%11.1%4.8%
English11.8%9.7%9.5%
German7.3%5.4%12.5%
American5.0%3.3%5.3%
Polish4.0%3.4%2.2%
French3.3%4.7%1.6%
Scottish2.6%—1.3%
Puerto Rican1.3%4.6%1.8%
Dominican0.9%2.7%0.7%
Mexican0.7%0.8%11.3%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.6%0.4%
Guatemalan0.2%0.8%0.5%
Salvadoran0.2%1.1%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.2%0.3%—
Chinese0.8%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%1.9%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.8%0.6%
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
Bellingham
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
44
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
11.3%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.7%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bellingham
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$96,763
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
1.8%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.3%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bellingham
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.2%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.9%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
3.8%
6.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bellingham
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.4%
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.
Bellingham, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+10.4%
2008
+7.1%
2012
+3.5%
2016
+1.9%
2020
+9.6%
2024
+2.8%
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
49.6%Harris1,472
46.8%Trump1,389
3.6%
D+2.8
R+6.8
D+4.3
2,967
D
53.4%Biden1,588
43.8%Trump1,302
2.8%
D+9.6
D+7.7
D+5.2
2,973
D
46.4%Clinton1,199
44.5%Trump1,149
9.1%
D+1.9
R+1.6
R+0.2
2,583
D
51.0%Obama1,408
47.5%Romney1,311
1.5%
D+3.5
R+3.6
R+0.3
2,761
D
52.5%Obama1,295
45.3%McCain1,119
2.2%
D+7.1
R+3.2
R+0.1
2,468
D
54.7%Kerry1,288
44.4%Bush1,044
0.9%
D+10.4
—
D+12.8
2,353
Bellingham sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 10.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.8 points.
A population of 5,325, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $96,763 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Foxborough and Holbrook.
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, Bellingham, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 2.8 points (D+2.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,967 votes cast, 1,472 went Democratic and 1,389 went Republican.
How many people live in Bellingham, Massachusetts?
Bellingham, Massachusetts has a population of 5,325 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bellingham, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Bellingham, Massachusetts is $96,763 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Bellingham, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bellingham, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
