† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBeckley, WVWest VirginiaUnited States
English30.6%15.7%9.5%
Irish9.6%12.3%9.4%
German8.8%14.7%12.5%
American8.4%9.5%5.3%
Italian2.8%4.1%4.8%
Scottish2.3%2.1%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.1%1.3%—
French0.7%—1.6%
African American†5.3%2.6%9.9%
Mexican0.4%0.7%11.3%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Spanish0.2%——
Puerto Rican0.2%0.3%1.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Beckley, WV
West Virginia
United States
Median age
43.5
42.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.3%
21.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Beckley, WV
West Virginia
United States
Median household income
$52,516
$59,608
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.5%
16.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.2%
24.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Beckley, WV
West Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.9%
2.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.0%
1.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Beckley, WV
West Virginia
United States
Catholic
3.6%
5.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.6%
16.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
66.7%
62.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.5%
12.5%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Beckley, WV
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−4.8%
1896
−18.7%
1900
−21.7%
1904
−26.9%
1908
−17.9%
1912
+14.3%
1916
−3.3%
1920
−9.9%
1924
−4.6%
1928
−3.9%
1932
+15.9%
1936
+44.4%
1940
+34.6%
1944
+32.1%
1948
+39.5%
1952
+32.0%
1956
+10.2%
1960
+32.5%
1964
+59.7%
1968
+35.7%
1972
−20.3%
1976
+37.3%
1980
+28.0%
1984
+8.6%
1988
+23.8%
1992
+24.6%
1996
+25.3%
2000
+2.4%
2004
−11.8%
2008
−17.8%
2012
−36.8%
2016
−47.8%
2020
−46.4%
2024
−50.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
24.0%Harris11,203
74.2%Trump34,554
1.1%Kennedy524 +2
R+50.1
R+3.7
R+48.7
46,586
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican74.2%34,554
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic24.0%11,203
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.1%524
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%155
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%150
R
26.1%Biden13,045
72.5%Trump36,253
1.4%
R+46.4
D+1.3
R+50.9
49,984
R
23.7%Clinton10,733
71.4%Trump32,405
4.9%
R+47.8
R+10.9
R+49.9
45,370
R
30.7%Obama13,158
67.5%Romney28,964
1.8%
R+36.8
R+19.1
R+40.7
42,907
R
40.2%Obama17,479
58.0%McCain25,206
1.8%
R+17.8
R+6.0
R+25.1
43,449
R
43.8%Kerry20,786
55.6%Bush26,400
0.6%
R+11.8
R+14.2
R+9.4
47,492
D
50.2%Gore19,418
47.8%Bush18,484
2.0%
D+2.4
R+22.9
D+1.9
38,680
D
57.4%Clinton22,018
32.0%Dole12,297
10.6%
D+25.3
D+0.7
D+16.8
38,380
D
55.7%Clinton22,745
31.1%Bush12,691
13.2%
D+24.6
D+0.8
D+19.1
40,822
D
61.8%Dukakis25,311
37.9%Bush15,538
0.3%
D+23.8
D+15.2
D+31.6
40,987
D
54.1%Mondale26,092
45.5%Reagan21,931
0.4%
D+8.6
R+19.4
D+26.9
48,208
D
62.0%Carter30,130
33.9%Reagan16,497
4.1%
D+28.0
R+9.3
D+37.8
48,605
D
68.7%Carter35,264
31.3%Ford16,096
0.0%
D+37.3
D+57.6
D+35.3
51,360
R
39.8%McGovern20,552
60.2%Nixon31,026
0.0%
R+20.3
R+56.0
D+2.8
51,578
D
63.0%Humphrey32,290
27.4%Nixon14,021
9.6%
D+35.7
R+24.0
D+36.4
51,229
D
79.8%Johnson43,596
20.2%Goldwater11,003
0.0%
D+59.7
D+27.2
D+37.1
54,599
D
66.3%Kennedy38,557
33.7%Nixon19,625
0.0%
D+32.5
D+22.4
D+32.4
58,182
D
55.1%Stevenson32,550
44.9%Eisenhower26,536
0.0%
D+10.2
R+21.8
D+25.6
59,086
D
66.0%Stevenson45,011
34.0%Eisenhower23,195
0.0%
D+32.0
R+7.6
D+42.7
68,206
D
69.5%Truman41,404
30.0%Dewey17,865
0.5%
D+39.5
D+7.4
D+35.1
59,537
D
66.1%Roosevelt35,517
33.9%Dewey18,255
0.0%
D+32.1
R+2.5
D+24.6
53,772
D
67.3%Roosevelt45,361
32.7%Willkie22,059
0.0%
D+34.6
R+9.8
D+24.6
67,420
D
72.1%Roosevelt46,704
27.7%Landon17,943
0.2%
D+44.4
D+28.5
D+20.1
64,771
D
57.6%Roosevelt32,583
41.7%Hoover23,611
0.7%
D+15.9
D+19.7
R+1.9
56,587
R
48.0%Smith22,717
51.8%Hoover24,542
0.2%
R+3.9
D+0.8
D+13.6
47,363
R
43.3%Davis17,339
47.9%Coolidge19,198
8.8%
R+4.6
D+5.2
D+20.5
40,044
R
44.4%Cox14,919
54.3%Harding18,229
1.3%
R+9.9
R+6.6
D+16.3
33,580
R
47.0%Wilson8,696
50.3%Hughes9,302
2.8%
R+3.3
R+17.6
R+6.4
18,510
O
34.8%Wilson6,100
20.5%Taft3,594
44.8%
Roosevelt +10.0
D+32.2
R+5.3
17,550
R
38.0%Bryan5,710
55.9%Taft8,404
6.1%
R+17.9
D+8.9
R+8.4
15,026
R
34.3%Parker4,689
61.2%Roosevelt8,358
4.5%
R+26.9
R+5.2
R+7.2
13,655
R
38.8%Bryan4,356
60.4%McKinley6,789
0.8%
R+21.7
R+2.9
R+14.1
11,232
R
40.3%Bryan3,886
59.0%McKinley5,693
0.7%
R+18.7
R+13.9
R+12.6
9,649
R
45.4%Cleveland3,197
50.2%Harrison3,536
4.4%
R+4.8
—
R+6.5
7,042
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
25.4%11,482
70.7%31,943
45,207
2020
R
26.9%13,139
71.3%34,866
48,930
2018
R
47.0%17,083
48.9%17,780
36,350
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+15.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+50.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 35 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Beckley, WV in Beckley, WV: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+265
2012
−120
2013
−578
2014
−926
2015
−968
2016
−1,278
2017
−1,394
2018
−937
2019
−784
2021
−93
2022
−449
2023
+83
2024
−81
2025
−44
Beckley anchors Raleigh County in the heart of West Virginia's southern coalfields, a region that swung sharply toward Republicans over roughly two decades as coal employment declined and cultural realignment accelerated across Appalachian communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 50.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.1 points.
A population of 112,714, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,516 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH and Palatka, FL.
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In 2024, Beckley, WV, West Virginia voted Republican by 50.1 points (R+50.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 46,586 votes cast, 11,203 went Democratic and 34,554 went Republican.
When did Beckley, WV, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Beckley, WV, West Virginia voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Beckley, WV, West Virginia?
Beckley, WV, West Virginia has a population of 112,714 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Beckley, WV, West Virginia?
Median household income in Beckley, WV, West Virginia is $52,516 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Beckley, WV, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Beckley, WV, West Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
