Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts: Diversifying Metro metro. In 2024, voted D+52%. Republican peak: R+79 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+52MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 20,9332024 5-year
- Median household income
- $125,7862024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79 in 1924MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Vineyard Haven, MA
HarrisD+52
Constituent county margins for Vineyard Haven, MA, MAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 74.8% | 9,137 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 22.5% | 2,745 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.7% | 327 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −39.6% |
| 1896 | −69.9% |
| 1900 | −64.5% |
| 1904 | −64.2% |
| 1908 | −59.5% |
| 1912 | −7.0% |
| 1916 | −19.7% |
| 1920 | −73.9% |
| 1924 | −79.0% |
| 1928 | −51.9% |
| 1932 | −38.6% |
| 1936 | −27.7% |
| 1940 | −23.6% |
| 1944 | −22.9% |
| 1948 | −40.7% |
| 1952 | −52.3% |
| 1956 | −65.7% |
| 1960 | −21.8% |
| 1964 | +36.5% |
| 1968 | −1.1% |
| 1972 | −7.2% |
| 1976 | +2.9% |
| 1980 | +10.4% |
| 1984 | +8.6% |
| 1988 | +29.2% |
| 1992 | +31.3% |
| 1996 | +44.1% |
| 2000 | +35.7% |
| 2004 | +46.6% |
| 2008 | +51.8% |
| 2012 | +47.3% |
| 2016 | +50.0% |
| 2020 | +56.6% |
| 2024 | +52.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 9,137 | 2,745 | 12,209 | ||
| D | 9,914 | 2,631 | 12,873 | ||
| D | 8,400 | 2,477 | 11,851 | ||
| D | 7,978 | 2,792 | 10,968 | ||
| D | 7,913 | 2,442 | 10,553 | ||
| D | 7,265 | 2,602 | 9,997 | ||
| D | 5,474 | 2,315 | 8,856 | ||
| D | 5,137 | 1,739 | 7,702 | ||
| D | 4,292 | 1,827 | 7,888 | ||
| D | 4,495 | 2,441 | 7,025 | ||
| D | 3,313 | 2,788 | 6,125 | ||
| D | 2,370 | 1,809 | 5,397 | ||
| D | 2,513 | 2,365 | 5,135 | ||
| R | 2,001 | 2,312 | 4,336 | ||
| R | 1,540 | 1,576 | 3,196 | ||
| D | 2,187 | 1,015 | 3,214 | ||
| R | 1,282 | 1,998 | 3,286 | ||
| R | 541 | 2,618 | 3,160 | ||
| R | 760 | 2,432 | 3,198 | ||
| R | 720 | 1,731 | 2,484 | ||
| R | 861 | 1,372 | 2,234 | ||
| R | 1,014 | 1,643 | 2,670 | ||
| R | 931 | 1,655 | 2,615 | ||
| R | 583 | 1,330 | 1,933 | ||
| R | 470 | 1,487 | 1,958 | ||
| R | 108 | 1,182 | 1,360 | ||
| R | 150 | 1,013 | 1,168 | ||
| R | 309 | 464 | 787 | ||
| O | 215 | 269 | 774 | ||
| R | 133 | 589 | 767 | ||
| R | 120 | 602 | 751 | ||
| R | 114 | 617 | 780 | ||
| R | 91 | 691 | 858 | ||
| R | 238 | 588 | 884 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
19.2%
English
14.6%
Italian
14.5%
German
9.0%
Scottish
4.0%
French
3.6%
American
3.2%
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: 50.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$125,786
Vineyard Haven, MA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Vineyard Haven, MA$125,786
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
4.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.3%
Working age (18–64)4.8%
Seniors (65+)0.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European9.9%
Spanish3.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Vineyard Haven, MA sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifty-seven points in 2020 and a Republican high of seventy-nine points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-two points.
A population of 20,933, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $125,786 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 52.4 points (D+52), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 12,209 votes cast, 9,137 went Democratic and 2,745 went Republican.
What is Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts's political typology?
Akashic places Vineyard Haven, 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 14 times, Republican 19 times, and other 1 times.
When did Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts?
Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 20,933 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts is $125,786 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.