Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+38%. Democratic peak: D+81 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 143,4082024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,5082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+81 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Wildwood-The Villages, FL, FLOne 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 | 32,540 | 72,130 | 105,201 | ||
| R | 29,341 | 62,761 | 92,485 | ||
| R | 22,638 | 52,730 | 76,665 | ||
| R | 19,524 | 40,646 | 60,479 | ||
| R | 17,655 | 30,866 | 48,868 | ||
| R | 11,584 | 19,800 | 31,842 | ||
| R | 9,637 | 12,127 | 22,261 | ||
| D | 7,017 | 5,960 | 15,400 | ||
| D | 5,027 | 4,366 | 12,329 | ||
| R | 3,900 | 5,936 | 9,896 | ||
| R | 3,461 | 6,255 | 9,717 | ||
| D | 4,380 | 3,671 | 8,267 | ||
| D | 4,721 | 2,212 | 7,090 | ||
| R | 1,107 | 3,695 | 4,817 | ||
| O | 1,277 | 910 | 5,066 | ||
| D | 2,259 | 1,631 | 3,890 | ||
| D | 2,279 | 1,120 | 3,399 | ||
| D | 2,329 | 1,061 | 3,390 | ||
| D | 2,277 | 1,054 | 3,331 | ||
| D | 1,411 | 251 | 2,152 | ||
| D | 1,838 | 276 | 2,114 | ||
| D | 2,382 | 253 | 2,635 | ||
| D | 1,724 | 734 | 2,458 | ||
| D | 2,138 | 276 | 2,414 | ||
| R | 909 | 1,152 | 2,072 | ||
| D | 481 | 108 | 678 | ||
| D | 921 | 219 | 1,155 | ||
| D | 599 | 70 | 743 | ||
| D | 417 | 22 | 558 | ||
| D | 343 | 62 | 492 | ||
| D | 316 | 61 | 500 | ||
| D | 343 | 53 | 420 | ||
| D | 524 | 89 | 649 | ||
| D | 444 | 0 | 749 | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| D | 1,125 | 524 | 1,649 | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.9%
Irish
14.9%
English
14.6%
American
10.4%
Italian
8.2%
Polish
4.5%
French
2.9%
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: 68.5 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
$76,508
Wildwood-The Villages, FL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$76,508
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1834.9%
Working age (18–64)9.6%
Seniors (65+)3.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.4%
speak English only
Spanish4.3%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
The Villages anchors this metro as one of the most age-concentrated communities in the country, with a median resident age well above 60 and turnout rates that consistently outpace younger-skewing Florida metros by double digits.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Wildwood-The Villages, FL peaked at eighty-one points in 1940; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eleven points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $76,508 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida voted Republican by 37.6 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 105,201 votes cast, 32,540 went Democratic and 72,130 went Republican.
What is Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida?
Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida has a population of 143,408 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida is $76,508 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.