† 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
GroupClintonMassachusettsUnited States
Irish18.4%18.6%9.4%
Italian12.4%11.1%4.8%
English10.2%9.7%9.5%
French8.6%4.7%1.6%
German5.4%5.4%12.5%
French Canadian5.4%——
Polish5.0%3.4%2.2%
American4.5%3.3%5.3%
Puerto Rican10.1%4.6%1.8%
Dominican2.6%2.7%0.7%
Mexican1.3%0.8%11.3%
Salvadoran1.2%1.1%0.7%
Ecuadorian1.0%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.7%0.8%0.5%
Colombian0.4%0.6%0.4%
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Asian Indian0.7%1.9%1.4%
Chinese0.3%2.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.8%0.6%
African American†1.1%2.6%9.9%
Ghanaian0.4%——
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Haitian0.2%1.1%0.3%
Jamaican0.2%0.5%0.4%
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
Clinton
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
40.9
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
11.7%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.9%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Clinton
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$79,516
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.2%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.1%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Clinton
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.5%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
13.0%
9.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.0%
6.1%
2.0%
Other languages
1.0%
1.0%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Clinton
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.
Clinton, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+19.2%
2008
+19.0%
2012
+18.6%
2016
+14.2%
2020
+22.7%
2024
+13.9%
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
55.3%Harris2,129
41.4%Trump1,593
3.3%
D+13.9
R+8.8
D+15.4
3,850
D
59.7%Biden2,385
36.9%Trump1,477
3.4%
D+22.7
D+8.5
D+18.3
3,998
D
52.6%Clinton1,931
38.4%Trump1,409
9.1%
D+14.2
R+4.3
D+12.1
3,674
D
58.3%Obama2,082
39.7%Romney1,419
2.0%
D+18.6
R+0.5
D+14.7
3,573
D
58.3%Obama1,912
39.3%McCain1,288
2.4%
D+19.0
R+0.2
D+11.8
3,280
D
58.5%Kerry1,811
39.3%Bush1,217
2.2%
D+19.2
—
D+21.6
3,097
Clinton's legacy as a 19th-century textile and wire manufacturing hub left a dense, immigrant-descended electorate that has historically leaned Democratic in state races while showing independent streaks in local contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.9 points.
A population of 7,658, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,516 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Groton and Rockville.
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, Clinton, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 13.9 points (D+13.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,850 votes cast, 2,129 went Democratic and 1,593 went Republican.
How many people live in Clinton, Massachusetts?
Clinton, Massachusetts has a population of 7,658 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clinton, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Clinton, Massachusetts is $79,516 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Clinton, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Clinton, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
