Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted D+37%. Republican peak: R+69 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+37MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 14,4832024 5-year
- Median household income
- $139,6882024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 17.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Nantucket, MA, MAOne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 4,784 | 2,171 | 7,118 | ||
| D | 5,241 | 1,914 | 7,338 | ||
| D | 4,146 | 1,892 | 6,583 | ||
| D | 3,830 | 2,187 | 6,120 | ||
| D | 4,073 | 1,863 | 6,052 | ||
| D | 3,608 | 2,040 | 5,724 | ||
| D | 2,874 | 1,624 | 4,926 | ||
| D | 2,453 | 1,222 | 4,159 | ||
| D | 2,037 | 1,158 | 4,216 | ||
| D | 2,209 | 1,469 | 3,731 | ||
| R | 1,456 | 1,697 | 3,170 | ||
| R | 1,040 | 1,149 | 2,838 | ||
| R | 1,115 | 1,399 | 2,626 | ||
| R | 952 | 1,418 | 2,380 | ||
| R | 744 | 991 | 1,792 | ||
| D | 1,197 | 587 | 1,787 | ||
| R | 698 | 1,219 | 1,919 | ||
| R | 317 | 1,582 | 1,900 | ||
| R | 405 | 1,490 | 1,897 | ||
| R | 409 | 1,013 | 1,442 | ||
| R | 569 | 779 | 1,349 | ||
| R | 624 | 1,015 | 1,647 | ||
| R | 548 | 969 | 1,544 | ||
| R | 561 | 812 | 1,380 | ||
| R | 395 | 865 | 1,261 | ||
| R | 167 | 708 | 889 | ||
| R | 205 | 608 | 816 | ||
| D | 307 | 249 | 564 | ||
| D | 247 | 123 | 564 | ||
| R | 136 | 359 | 507 | ||
| R | 170 | 378 | 562 | ||
| R | 102 | 375 | 489 | ||
| R | 62 | 485 | 612 | ||
| R | 220 | 440 | 672 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
19.2%
English
15.1%
Italian
9.0%
German
6.3%
French
4.5%
Polish
2.7%
American
2.7%
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: 42.4 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
$139,688
Nantucket, MA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Nantucket, MA$139,688
Massachusetts$103,960
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
3.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 180.8%
Working age (18–64)2.9%
Seniors (65+)13.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
81.3%
speak English only
Spanish12.2%
Other Indo-European4.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Nantucket's year-round population of roughly 14,000 swells dramatically in summer, but only permanent residents vote, producing an unusually affluent, highly educated electorate that has trended Democratic in presidential contests by wide margins.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Nantucket, MA peaked at forty-five points in 2020; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1988 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $139,688 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 36.7 points (D+37), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,118 votes cast, 4,784 went Democratic and 2,171 went Republican.
What is Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts?
Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 14,483 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts is $139,688 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.