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Amherst Town-Northampton, MA·Massachusetts

Amherst Town-Northampton, MA has voted Democratic in seventeen straight presidential elections — D+42 in 2024.

Five-college corridor anchors one of New England's most education-dense metros

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MA
LatestD+42in 2024
TypologyDiversifying Metrocluster typology
Population162,0282024 ACS

Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts: Diversifying Metro metro. In 2024, voted D+42%. Republican peak: R+57 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+42MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
Population
162,0282024 5-year
Median household income
$87,0012024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
82.0%2024 5-year
Black
2.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+47 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+57 in 1896MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
HarrisD+42
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic69.2%58,617
Donald TrumpRepublican27.5%23,256
OtherAll other candidates3.4%2,847
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: +41.7% in 2024.flipped D · 1960+41.7%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−13.5%
1896−57.3%
1900−38.0%
1904−41.7%
1908−31.3%
1912−14.8%
1916−15.1%
1920−41.9%
1924−42.3%
1928−5.2%
1932−3.4%
1936+4.5%
1940+6.4%
1944+8.5%
1948+1.9%
1952−16.6%
1956−24.1%
1960+14.0%
1964+47.4%
1968+22.9%
1972+7.5%
1976+21.2%
1980+10.8%
1984+11.7%
1988+23.9%
1992+31.7%
1996+41.4%
2000+28.2%
2004+40.8%
2008+45.6%
2012+44.0%
2016+39.2%
2020+46.5%
2024+41.7%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+41.7%
58,61723,25684,720
D
+46.5%
63,36222,28188,332
D
+39.2%
55,36721,79085,624
D
+44.0%
57,35921,48081,621
D
+45.6%
56,86920,61879,570
D
+40.8%
51,68021,31574,422
D
+28.2%
38,54319,20268,626
D
+41.4%
41,84414,78765,309
D
+31.7%
37,87915,69470,071
D
+23.9%
39,83424,33164,915
D
+11.7%
35,59728,11163,942
D
+10.8%
27,61121,11760,355
D
+21.2%
34,94722,21960,075
D
+7.5%
28,57224,52953,654
D
+22.9%
26,66616,27045,412
D
+47.4%
32,05811,38543,645
D
+14.0%
25,66719,34645,096
R
−24.1%
16,11926,36142,564
R
−16.6%
17,24724,14141,486
D
+1.9%
18,01217,33135,833
D
+8.5%
17,67614,90732,680
D
+6.4%
17,82315,65133,715
D
+4.5%
15,41214,01230,906
R
−3.4%
12,33213,24126,869
R
−5.2%
12,69514,10127,051
R
−42.3%
5,03713,91821,014
R
−41.9%
5,30513,17418,793
R
−15.1%
4,2025,74810,236
R
−14.8%
3,0884,5129,632
R
−31.3%
2,6125,3628,795
R
−41.7%
2,2925,8928,633
R
−38.0%
2,3925,5508,319
R
−57.3%
1,6086,4348,423
R
−13.5%
3,6784,8878,949
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
17.9%
English
12.3%
Polish
9.7%
German
8.9%
Italian
8.7%
French
8.0%
American
4.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.2%
2.6%
75–84
3.1%
5.4%
65–74
6.5%
6.0%
55–64
6.6%
4.9%
45–54
5.3%
4.8%
35–44
5.3%
4.9%
25–34
5.0%
10.0%
18–24
13.5%
5.8%
5–17
5.2%
1.5%
<5
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$87,001
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$87,001
Massachusetts$103,960
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.5%
Working age (18–64)11.9%
Seniors (65+)6.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European4.6%
Spanish4.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.2%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
13.5%
Non-Christian
4.8%
Mainline Protestant
3.1%
Other Christian
1.3%
Methodist
0.6%
Baptist
0.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to UMass Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, and Hampshire colleges, this Pioneer Valley metro posts some of the highest educational attainment rates in the country, shaping a consistently high-turnout electorate concentrated around academic employment and student populations.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of forty-seven points in 1964 and a Republican high of fifty-seven points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-two points.

A population of 162,028, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,001 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 41.7 points (D+42), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 84,720 votes cast, 58,617 went Democratic and 23,256 went Republican.
What is Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts's political typology?
Akashic places Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts in the "Diversifying Metro" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 162,028 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts is $87,001 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.