† 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
GroupPeabodyMassachusettsUnited States
Irish21.8%18.6%9.4%
Italian15.9%11.1%4.8%
English11.2%9.7%9.5%
French5.5%4.7%1.6%
German5.1%5.4%12.5%
Polish3.6%3.4%2.2%
French Canadian3.5%——
American3.2%3.3%5.3%
Dominican7.0%2.7%0.7%
Puerto Rican2.8%4.6%1.8%
Guatemalan1.4%0.8%0.5%
Salvadoran0.9%1.1%0.7%
Mexican0.4%0.8%11.3%
Colombian0.4%0.6%0.4%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
African American†1.7%2.6%9.9%
Haitian0.9%1.1%0.3%
African0.5%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%0.2%0.2%
Kenyan0.3%——
Cape Verdean0.3%0.9%—
Chinese0.6%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.5%1.9%1.4%
Cambodian0.4%0.4%—
Vietnamese0.3%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
Peabody
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
45.3
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.9%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.2%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Peabody
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$96,657
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.7%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.0%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Peabody
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.8%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
9.2%
9.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.3%
1.9%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
9.7%
6.1%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Peabody
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.
Peabody, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+12.4%
2008
+15.1%
2012
+12.1%
2016
+8.4%
2020
+13.8%
2024
+3.0%
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
50.1%Harris14,571
47.0%Trump13,684
2.9%
D+3.0
R+10.8
D+4.5
29,098
D
56.0%Biden16,860
42.2%Trump12,704
1.7%
D+13.8
D+5.4
D+9.4
30,090
D
51.1%Clinton14,395
42.7%Trump12,036
6.1%
D+8.4
R+3.7
D+6.3
28,159
D
55.3%Obama14,571
43.2%Romney11,387
1.5%
D+12.1
R+3.1
D+8.2
26,359
D
56.8%Obama15,115
41.6%McCain11,085
1.6%
D+15.1
D+2.7
D+7.9
26,631
D
55.5%Kerry14,036
43.1%Bush10,902
1.4%
D+12.4
—
D+14.9
25,288
Peabody sits at the intersection of Salem's industrial legacy and the Route 128 corridor's suburban growth, producing a voter profile that leans Democratic in federal races while remaining competitive at the local level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.1 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.0 points.
A population of 54,695, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $96,657 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Milford city (balance) and Warwick.
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, Peabody, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 3.0 points (D+3.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 29,098 votes cast, 14,571 went Democratic and 13,684 went Republican.
How many people live in Peabody, Massachusetts?
Peabody, Massachusetts has a population of 54,695 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Peabody, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Peabody, Massachusetts is $96,657 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Peabody, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Peabody, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
