† 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
GroupNewburyportMassachusettsUnited States
Irish26.4%18.6%9.4%
Italian19.2%11.1%4.8%
English13.6%9.7%9.5%
French6.6%4.7%1.6%
German6.2%5.4%12.5%
Polish4.4%3.4%2.2%
French Canadian4.2%——
American3.8%3.3%5.3%
Dominican1.3%2.7%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.5%4.6%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%0.8%0.5%
Salvadoran0.2%1.1%0.7%
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
Newburyport
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
49.8
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.4%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Newburyport
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$139,625
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.0%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
67.0%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Newburyport
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.2%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.0%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.7%
6.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Newburyport
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.
Newburyport, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+30.9%
2008
+33.2%
2012
+24.7%
2016
+38.3%
2020
+47.0%
2024
+44.0%
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
70.0%Harris8,811
26.1%Trump3,278
3.9%
D+44.0
R+3.0
D+45.5
12,579
D
72.6%Biden9,224
25.6%Trump3,253
1.8%
D+47.0
D+8.7
D+42.5
12,708
D
66.2%Clinton7,385
27.9%Trump3,114
5.9%
D+38.3
D+13.5
D+36.2
11,159
D
61.6%Obama6,662
36.9%Romney3,988
1.5%
D+24.7
R+8.5
D+20.9
10,815
D
65.7%Obama7,118
32.5%McCain3,517
1.8%
D+33.2
D+2.3
D+26.0
10,831
D
65.3%Kerry6,602
34.3%Bush3,474
0.4%
D+30.9
—
D+33.4
10,115
Newburyport consistently posts turnout figures well above the Massachusetts municipal average, driven by a dense concentration of college-educated professionals who have reshaped this former industrial port into one of Essex County's most politically engaged small cities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.0 points.
A population of 18,652, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $139,625 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Swampscott and Marblehead.
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, Newburyport, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 44.0 points (D+44.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,579 votes cast, 8,811 went Democratic and 3,278 went Republican.
How many people live in Newburyport, Massachusetts?
Newburyport, Massachusetts has a population of 18,652 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Newburyport, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Newburyport, Massachusetts is $139,625 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Newburyport, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Newburyport, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
