Lexington Park, MD, Maryland: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+14%. Democratic peak: D+78 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 209,4392024 5-year
- Median household income
- $125,9652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+78 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+33 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Lexington Park, MD, MDOne 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 | 46,969 | 62,943 | 113,145 | ||
| R | 45,725 | 56,172 | 104,777 | ||
| R | 35,759 | 54,839 | 95,689 | ||
| R | 40,240 | 50,749 | 93,342 | ||
| R | 39,322 | 47,800 | 88,466 | ||
| R | 29,743 | 46,742 | 77,267 | ||
| R | 24,898 | 32,860 | 59,307 | ||
| R | 19,996 | 23,344 | 47,374 | ||
| R | 17,550 | 21,511 | 48,334 | ||
| R | 13,810 | 23,723 | 37,687 | ||
| R | 11,875 | 19,504 | 31,510 | ||
| R | 11,518 | 13,707 | 26,926 | ||
| D | 11,853 | 9,079 | 20,932 | ||
| R | 5,803 | 11,713 | 17,726 | ||
| D | 5,312 | 5,294 | 14,624 | ||
| D | 9,166 | 4,643 | 13,809 | ||
| D | 8,287 | 5,253 | 13,540 | ||
| R | 5,409 | 7,100 | 12,509 | ||
| R | 5,797 | 7,039 | 12,903 | ||
| R | 4,144 | 4,166 | 8,411 | ||
| R | 3,440 | 4,857 | 8,297 | ||
| D | 5,009 | 4,368 | 9,451 | ||
| D | 4,701 | 4,368 | 9,218 | ||
| D | 4,581 | 3,160 | 7,877 | ||
| D | 4,150 | 3,694 | 7,995 | ||
| R | 3,191 | 3,217 | 6,596 | ||
| R | 3,091 | 3,916 | 7,095 | ||
| D | 2,353 | 2,039 | 4,568 | ||
| D | 5,482 | 2,297 | 4,109 | ||
| — | 5,429 | 2,341 | 159 | ||
| — | 7,540 | 2,904 | 205 | ||
| — | 2,882 | 4,269 | 37 | ||
| R | 2,965 | 3,940 | 7,442 | ||
| R | 2,580 | 2,972 | 6,154 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.3%
German
15.2%
Irish
13.4%
American
5.5%
Italian
5.3%
Scottish
2.2%
Polish
2.1%
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: 38.8 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
$125,965
Lexington Park, MD ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lexington Park, MD$125,965
Maryland$103,678
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
6.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.0%
Working age (18–64)6.0%
Seniors (65+)8.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.3%
speak English only
Spanish2.5%
Other Indo-European2.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lexington Park's political and economic identity bends heavily toward the defense sector, with a civilian contractor workforce surrounding NAS Patuxent River that tilts the area's demographics and voting patterns away from surrounding rural St. Mary's County.
The Democratic margin in Lexington Park, MD peaked at seventy-eight points in 1912. By 1980 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fourteen points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $125,965 sits well below state and national norms, and 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lexington Park, MD, Maryland vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lexington Park, MD, Maryland voted Republican by 14.1 points (R+14), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 113,145 votes cast, 46,969 went Democratic and 62,943 went Republican.
What is Lexington Park, MD, Maryland's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Lexington Park, MD, Maryland as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lexington Park, MD, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lexington Park, MD, Maryland voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Lexington Park, MD, Maryland?
Lexington Park, MD, Maryland has a population of 209,439 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lexington Park, MD, Maryland?
Median household income in Lexington Park, MD, Maryland is $125,965 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Lexington Park, MD, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lexington Park, MD, Maryland from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.