Vineyard Haven, MA, Massachusetts: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted D+52%. Republican peak: R+79 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+52MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic 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
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.
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 | 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
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.
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.
Median household income
2024 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.
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.
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.
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. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 2 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Vineyard Haven, MA peaked at fifty-seven points in 2020; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1976 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of three points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $125,786 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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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 archetype?
Akashic classifies Vineyard Haven, 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 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 archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.