† 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
GroupMilfordMassachusettsUnited States
Irish14.7%18.6%9.4%
Italian9.9%11.1%4.8%
English8.2%9.7%9.5%
French6.9%4.7%1.6%
German4.3%5.4%12.5%
French Canadian4.3%——
Polish4.0%3.4%2.2%
American3.6%3.3%5.3%
Puerto Rican9.5%4.6%1.8%
Dominican2.5%2.7%0.7%
Mexican1.2%0.8%11.3%
Salvadoran1.1%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%
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 Indian1.2%1.9%1.4%
Chinese0.5%2.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%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
Milford
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
38.5
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.3%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Milford
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$93,310
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.4%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.6%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Milford
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
39.5%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
14.7%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.5%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
19.4%
6.1%
2.0%
Arabic
1.3%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Milford
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.
Milford, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+18.5%
2008
+18.0%
2012
+13.1%
2016
+16.1%
2020
+22.0%
2024
+11.3%
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
53.9%Harris6,416
42.5%Trump5,064
3.6%
D+11.3
R+10.6
D+12.8
11,913
D
59.8%Biden7,471
37.9%Trump4,726
2.3%
D+22.0
D+5.9
D+17.5
12,486
D
54.4%Clinton6,355
38.3%Trump4,476
7.2%
D+16.1
D+3.0
D+14.0
11,676
D
55.5%Obama5,634
42.5%Romney4,308
2.0%
D+13.1
R+4.9
D+9.2
10,148
D
58.1%Obama6,260
40.1%McCain4,322
1.7%
D+18.0
R+0.6
D+10.7
10,769
D
59.1%Kerry5,938
40.5%Bush4,074
0.4%
D+18.5
—
D+21.0
10,050
Milford's large Brazilian-born population — one of the most concentrated in New England — has made it a closely watched case study in how demographic change intersects with voter registration patterns and municipal politics.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.3 points.
A population of 27,731, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,310 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Leominster and Fitchburg.
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, Milford, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 11.3 points (D+11.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 11,913 votes cast, 6,416 went Democratic and 5,064 went Republican.
How many people live in Milford, Massachusetts?
Milford, Massachusetts has a population of 27,731 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Milford, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Milford, Massachusetts is $93,310 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Milford, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Milford, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
