† 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
GroupGardnerMassachusettsUnited States
Irish19.4%18.6%9.4%
Italian13.0%11.1%4.8%
English10.8%9.7%9.5%
French9.1%4.7%1.6%
German5.7%5.4%12.5%
French Canadian5.7%——
Polish5.3%3.4%2.2%
American4.8%3.3%5.3%
Puerto Rican5.4%4.6%1.8%
Dominican1.4%2.7%0.7%
Mexican0.7%0.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.6%1.1%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.5%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.4%0.8%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.6%0.4%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
African American†1.9%2.6%9.9%
Ghanaian0.7%——
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Haitian0.3%1.1%0.3%
Jamaican0.3%0.5%0.4%
Kenyan0.2%——
Asian Indian1.0%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
Gardner
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
43.7
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.1%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.4%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gardner
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$67,518
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.7%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.8%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gardner
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.9%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
6.7%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.2%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
6.1%
2.0%
Other languages
1.3%
1.0%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gardner
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.
Gardner, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+21.3%
2008
+21.2%
2012
+16.6%
2016
+7.6%
2020
+13.5%
2024
+5.2%
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
51.0%Harris4,835
45.7%Trump4,338
3.3%
D+5.2
R+8.3
D+6.7
9,489
D
55.2%Biden5,213
41.7%Trump3,939
3.1%
D+13.5
D+5.9
D+9.0
9,444
D
48.6%Clinton4,196
41.0%Trump3,542
10.4%
D+7.6
R+9.0
D+5.5
8,637
D
57.3%Obama5,049
40.7%Romney3,588
2.0%
D+16.6
R+4.6
D+12.7
8,816
D
59.3%Obama4,936
38.1%McCain3,171
2.7%
D+21.2
R+0.1
D+13.9
8,329
D
59.6%Kerry4,694
38.2%Bush3,013
2.2%
D+21.3
—
D+23.8
7,882
Gardner, once known as the 'Chair City' of New England, has trended toward Democratic margins in recent cycles while retaining a working-class electorate shaped by decades of manufacturing decline and ongoing economic restructuring.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.2 points.
A population of 21,148, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,518 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Windsor Locks and Rutland.
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, Gardner, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 5.2 points (D+5.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 9,489 votes cast, 4,835 went Democratic and 4,338 went Republican.
How many people live in Gardner, Massachusetts?
Gardner, Massachusetts has a population of 21,148 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gardner, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Gardner, Massachusetts is $67,518 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Gardner, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Gardner, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
