† 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
GroupMiltonMassachusettsUnited States
Irish24.6%18.6%9.4%
Italian12.0%11.1%4.8%
English9.4%9.7%9.5%
German5.8%5.4%12.5%
American4.0%3.3%5.3%
Polish3.2%3.4%2.2%
French2.7%4.7%1.6%
Scottish2.0%—1.3%
African American†7.0%2.6%9.9%
Haitian3.4%1.1%0.3%
Jamaican1.4%0.5%0.4%
Cape Verdean1.1%0.9%—
African0.9%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.9%0.2%0.2%
Chinese2.6%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian1.2%1.9%1.4%
Vietnamese0.7%0.8%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.4%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Puerto Rican0.7%4.6%1.8%
Dominican0.5%2.7%0.7%
Mexican0.4%0.8%11.3%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.6%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
Milton
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
41.1
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
11.0%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.1%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Milton
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$188,529
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.7%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
71.9%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Milton
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
16.9%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.1%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
7.1%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.7%
6.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.6%
2.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Milton
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.
Milton, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+27.0%
2008
+24.2%
2012
+20.4%
2016
+40.2%
2020
+47.7%
2024
+42.3%
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
69.1%Harris11,718
26.8%Trump4,544
4.1%
D+42.3
R+5.4
D+43.8
16,952
D
72.9%Biden12,862
25.2%Trump4,441
2.0%
D+47.7
D+7.5
D+43.2
17,654
D
66.8%Clinton10,752
26.6%Trump4,286
6.6%
D+40.2
D+19.7
D+38.1
16,097
D
59.5%Obama9,783
39.0%Romney6,420
1.5%
D+20.4
R+3.7
D+16.6
16,453
D
61.4%Obama9,486
37.3%McCain5,753
1.3%
D+24.2
R+2.8
D+16.9
15,439
D
62.9%Kerry9,432
35.9%Bush5,383
1.2%
D+27.0
—
D+29.5
14,994
Milton sits on the Neponset River at Boston's southern edge, drawing a highly educated, high-income electorate whose participation rates make it a reliable data point for modeling suburban Massachusetts behavior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.3 points.
A population of 28,587, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $188,529 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Needham and Wellesley.
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, Milton, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 42.3 points (D+42.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 16,952 votes cast, 11,718 went Democratic and 4,544 went Republican.
How many people live in Milton, Massachusetts?
Milton, Massachusetts has a population of 28,587 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Milton, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Milton, Massachusetts is $188,529 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Milton, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Milton, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
