† 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
GroupBristolPennsylvaniaUnited States
Irish21.0%14.8%9.4%
German19.1%21.6%12.5%
Italian13.2%10.6%4.8%
English9.5%8.3%9.5%
Polish6.2%5.4%2.2%
American4.5%4.4%5.3%
Russian2.0%——
Ukrainian1.9%——
Puerto Rican5.6%3.7%1.8%
Mexican3.8%1.4%11.3%
Dominican1.0%1.4%0.7%
Guatemalan1.0%0.2%0.5%
Colombian0.8%0.2%0.4%
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
Salvadoran0.5%—0.7%
Ecuadorian0.5%——
African American†2.9%8.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.4%0.5%
Liberian0.2%——
Haitian0.2%0.2%0.3%
Jamaican0.2%0.3%0.4%
Asian Indian0.7%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.9%1.3%
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
Bristol
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
38.9
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.0%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bristol
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$76,042
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.6%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.9%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bristol
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
13.9%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
9.3%
5.6%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.1%
0.8%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bristol
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
—
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
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.
Bristol, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+42.3%
2008
+46.5%
2012
+45.1%
2016
+24.9%
2020
+23.8%
2024
+16.1%
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
57.5%Harris3,034
41.4%Trump2,185
1.0%
D+16.1
R+7.7
D+17.6
5,272
D
61.3%Biden3,174
37.5%Trump1,942
1.1%
D+23.8
R+1.1
D+19.4
5,175
D
60.3%Clinton2,872
35.4%Trump1,686
4.3%
D+24.9
R+20.2
D+22.8
4,761
D
71.9%Obama3,275
26.8%Romney1,222
1.3%
D+45.1
R+1.4
D+41.2
4,556
D
72.3%Obama3,533
25.8%McCain1,262
1.9%
D+46.5
D+4.2
D+39.2
4,889
D
70.2%Kerry3,223
28.0%Bush1,284
1.8%
D+42.3
—
D+44.7
4,589
Bristol Borough sits on the Bucks County waterfront with a population under 10,000, but its dense, older housing stock and blue-collar demographic history make it a consistent bellwether in countywide races decided by single-digit margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.5 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.1 points.
A population of 9,902, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,042 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Browns Mills and Morrisville.
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, Bristol, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 16.1 points (D+16.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,272 votes cast, 3,034 went Democratic and 2,185 went Republican.
How many people live in Bristol, Pennsylvania?
Bristol, Pennsylvania has a population of 9,902 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bristol, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Bristol, Pennsylvania is $76,042 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Bristol, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bristol, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
