† 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
GroupFitchburgMassachusettsUnited States
Irish13.7%18.6%9.4%
Italian9.2%11.1%4.8%
English7.6%9.7%9.5%
French6.4%4.7%1.6%
German4.0%5.4%12.5%
French Canadian4.0%——
Polish3.8%3.4%2.2%
American3.4%3.3%5.3%
Puerto Rican16.9%4.6%1.8%
Dominican4.4%2.7%0.7%
Mexican2.2%0.8%11.3%
Salvadoran2.0%1.1%0.7%
Ecuadorian1.7%0.3%—
Guatemalan1.2%0.8%0.5%
Colombian0.7%0.6%0.4%
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
African American†3.4%2.6%9.9%
Ghanaian1.3%——
African0.8%0.3%0.5%
Haitian0.6%1.1%0.3%
Jamaican0.5%0.5%0.4%
Kenyan0.3%——
Asian Indian0.9%1.9%1.4%
Chinese0.4%2.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.4%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
Fitchburg
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
36.3
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
12.7%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.3%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fitchburg
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$73,040
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.6%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.1%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fitchburg
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
31.8%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
23.5%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.5%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.9%
6.1%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fitchburg
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.
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+22.4%
2008
+22.5%
2012
+20.1%
2016
+19.5%
2020
+22.5%
2024
+11.9%
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
54.2%Harris8,613
42.3%Trump6,721
3.5%
D+11.9
R+10.6
D+13.4
15,897
D
59.9%Biden9,897
37.5%Trump6,186
2.6%
D+22.5
D+3.0
D+18.0
16,509
D
55.7%Clinton8,590
36.3%Trump5,587
8.0%
D+19.5
R+0.6
D+17.4
15,411
D
59.0%Obama8,870
38.9%Romney5,852
2.0%
D+20.1
R+2.5
D+16.2
15,026
D
60.2%Obama8,596
37.7%McCain5,378
2.1%
D+22.5
D+0.1
D+15.3
14,272
D
60.2%Kerry8,197
37.8%Bush5,147
1.9%
D+22.4
—
D+24.9
13,605
Fitchburg's population is roughly 30% Hispanic, one of the highest shares among Massachusetts cities, and ongoing demographic shifts have gradually moved its voter registration patterns away from the mid-century white working-class baseline that defined its politics for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.5 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.9 points.
A population of 41,798, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,040 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Norwich and Milford.
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, Fitchburg, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 11.9 points (D+11.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 15,897 votes cast, 8,613 went Democratic and 6,721 went Republican.
How many people live in Fitchburg, Massachusetts?
Fitchburg, Massachusetts has a population of 41,798 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fitchburg, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Fitchburg, Massachusetts is $73,040 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Fitchburg, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fitchburg, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
