† 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
GroupGloucesterMassachusettsUnited States
Irish25.9%18.6%9.4%
Italian18.9%11.1%4.8%
English13.3%9.7%9.5%
French6.5%4.7%1.6%
German6.1%5.4%12.5%
Polish4.3%3.4%2.2%
French Canadian4.2%——
American3.7%3.3%5.3%
Dominican2.5%2.7%0.7%
Puerto Rican1.0%4.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.8%0.5%
Salvadoran0.3%1.1%0.7%
Mexican0.2%0.8%11.3%
Chinese0.4%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.3%1.9%1.4%
Cambodian0.3%0.4%—
Vietnamese0.2%0.8%0.6%
African American†0.6%2.6%9.9%
Haitian0.3%1.1%0.3%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
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
Gloucester
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
50.2
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.2%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
28.0%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gloucester
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$83,883
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.6%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.3%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gloucester
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.3%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
9.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
6.3%
6.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gloucester
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.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+29.0%
2008
+31.6%
2012
+27.0%
2016
+27.1%
2020
+36.0%
2024
+27.7%
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
62.2%Harris11,138
34.5%Trump6,175
3.3%
D+27.7
R+8.3
D+29.2
17,898
D
66.8%Biden12,138
30.8%Trump5,595
2.3%
D+36.0
D+9.0
D+31.6
18,159
D
59.6%Clinton9,808
32.5%Trump5,355
7.9%
D+27.1
D+0.1
D+25.0
16,461
D
62.7%Obama9,998
35.7%Romney5,698
1.5%
D+27.0
R+4.6
D+23.1
15,939
D
64.9%Obama9,967
33.3%McCain5,113
1.8%
D+31.6
D+2.6
D+24.3
15,358
D
63.7%Kerry9,270
34.7%Bush5,046
1.6%
D+29.0
—
D+31.5
14,547
Gloucester's identity as America's oldest seaport runs deep into its politics: coastal working-class wards and a sizable Portuguese-American community produce voting patterns that resist easy partisan sorting.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.7 points.
A population of 30,075, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,883 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Portsmouth and Westerly.
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, Gloucester, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 27.7 points (D+27.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 17,898 votes cast, 11,138 went Democratic and 6,175 went Republican.
How many people live in Gloucester, Massachusetts?
Gloucester, Massachusetts has a population of 30,075 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gloucester, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Gloucester, Massachusetts is $83,883 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Gloucester, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Gloucester, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
