Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+34%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 115,0742024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,0402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, GAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 19,508 | 40,049 | 59,913 | ||
| R | 19,190 | 36,623 | 56,426 | ||
| R | 14,697 | 30,566 | 46,675 | ||
| R | 15,753 | 29,266 | 45,565 | ||
| R | 16,700 | 28,841 | 45,847 | ||
| R | 12,743 | 25,778 | 38,747 | ||
| R | 11,197 | 19,230 | 30,787 | ||
| R | 11,479 | 15,262 | 28,684 | ||
| R | 12,389 | 13,810 | 30,723 | ||
| R | 9,316 | 13,938 | 23,442 | ||
| R | 9,887 | 14,915 | 24,802 | ||
| D | 11,710 | 8,972 | 21,199 | ||
| D | 13,731 | 6,296 | 20,027 | ||
| R | 4,173 | 12,397 | 16,570 | ||
| O | 4,507 | 4,277 | 16,679 | ||
| R | 7,814 | 9,367 | 17,185 | ||
| D | 5,711 | 3,721 | 9,432 | ||
| D | 4,903 | 4,212 | 9,115 | ||
| D | 5,154 | 3,354 | 8,508 | ||
| D | 3,332 | 1,402 | 6,216 | ||
| D | 2,941 | 658 | 3,602 | ||
| D | 3,442 | 447 | 3,899 | ||
| D | 2,760 | 353 | 3,121 | ||
| D | 2,226 | 227 | 2,459 | ||
| R | 856 | 1,151 | 2,007 | ||
| D | 977 | 336 | 1,422 | ||
| D | 541 | 171 | 712 | ||
| D | 591 | 65 | 696 | ||
| D | 588 | 18 | 659 | ||
| D | 614 | 459 | 1,087 | ||
| D | 645 | 506 | 1,190 | ||
| D | 933 | 465 | 1,438 | ||
| R | 826 | 891 | 1,775 | ||
| R | 1,330 | 1,332 | 2,682 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.8%
Irish
9.3%
American
7.2%
German
7.1%
Italian
2.9%
Scottish
2.4%
Polish
0.9%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.8 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.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$66,040
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$66,040
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.8%
Working age (18–64)15.3%
Seniors (65+)10.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.1%
speak English only
Spanish4.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Brunswick anchors a small metro that has drawn steady in-migration of affluent retirees to St. Simons and Sea Island, gradually shifting a historically stable conservative coastal county into a more closely watched battleground for local and statewide races.
The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, by a twenty points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-four points.
The political shift has tracked, in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,040, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia voted Republican by 34.3 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 59,913 votes cast, 19,508 went Democratic and 40,049 went Republican.
What is Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia?
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia has a population of 115,074 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia?
Median household income in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia is $66,040 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.