† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupHarrisonburg, VAVirginiaUnited States
German18.6%10.1%12.5%
English11.3%12.0%9.5%
Irish8.2%9.1%9.4%
American6.2%8.4%5.3%
Italian3.5%3.9%4.8%
Scottish1.9%1.9%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.4%——
French1.2%1.3%1.6%
Mexican4.1%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.4%1.4%1.8%
Honduran2.4%0.7%0.3%
Salvadoran1.7%2.1%0.7%
Dominican0.8%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.8%0.7%0.5%
Cuban0.7%—0.7%
Spaniard0.2%——
African American†3.4%15.6%9.9%
African0.3%0.9%0.5%
Vietnamese0.3%0.7%0.6%
Pakistani0.3%0.5%—
Chinese0.3%0.8%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.9%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.8%0.4%
Asian Indian0.2%1.8%1.4%
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
Harrisonburg, VA
Virginia
United States
Median age
34.4
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
18.0%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Harrisonburg, VA
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$73,776
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.8%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.2%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Harrisonburg, VA
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.0%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
11.8%
7.9%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.1%
0.4%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
2.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Harrisonburg, VA
Virginia
United States
Catholic
3.9%
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
24.5%
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
49.0%
54.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
18.3%
8.4%
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.
Harrisonburg, VA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+9.1%
1896
−7.9%
1900
+5.1%
1904
+5.2%
1908
+4.6%
1912
+25.8%
1916
+9.6%
1920
−8.6%
1924
+0.9%
1928
−41.3%
1932
+13.0%
1936
+7.1%
1940
+1.4%
1944
−19.2%
1948
−28.7%
1952
−49.4%
1956
−49.5%
1960
−41.9%
1964
+6.9%
1968
−46.6%
1972
−55.9%
1976
−28.3%
1980
−32.1%
1984
−47.5%
1988
−41.8%
1992
−29.3%
1996
−31.9%
2000
−41.0%
2004
−39.5%
2008
−20.0%
2012
−23.8%
2016
−22.8%
2020
−20.2%
2024
−20.6%
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
38.8%Harris25,676
59.4%Trump39,299
0.5%Oliver310 +4
R+20.6
R+0.4
R+19.1
66,185
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican59.4%39,299
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic38.8%25,676
OtherAll other candidates0.5%359
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%310
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%308
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.2%119
Cornel R WestIndependent0.2%114
R
38.9%Biden23,666
59.0%Trump35,940
2.1%
R+20.2
D+2.7
R+24.6
60,897
R
35.3%Clinton19,578
58.1%Trump32,252
6.6%
R+22.8
D+1.0
R+24.9
55,474
R
37.1%Obama18,719
60.9%Romney30,751
2.0%
R+23.8
R+3.8
R+27.7
50,459
R
39.4%Obama18,897
59.4%McCain28,516
1.2%
R+20.0
D+19.5
R+27.3
48,009
R
29.8%Kerry11,999
69.3%Bush27,902
0.9%
R+39.5
D+1.4
R+37.1
40,246
R
27.4%Gore9,316
68.4%Bush23,223
4.2%
R+41.0
R+9.1
R+41.5
33,952
R
30.1%Clinton9,213
61.9%Dole18,980
8.0%
R+31.9
R+2.5
R+40.4
30,644
R
28.3%Clinton8,821
57.7%Bush17,951
14.0%
R+29.3
D+12.5
R+34.9
31,125
R
28.3%Dukakis7,515
70.2%Bush18,617
1.5%
R+41.8
D+5.7
R+34.1
26,529
R
25.9%Mondale6,604
73.4%Reagan18,701
0.6%
R+47.5
R+15.4
R+29.3
25,468
R
30.4%Carter7,190
62.5%Reagan14,785
7.1%
R+32.1
R+3.8
R+22.4
23,655
R
33.8%Carter7,152
62.2%Ford13,144
4.0%
R+28.3
D+27.6
R+30.4
21,147
R
21.0%McGovern5,842
76.9%Nixon21,417
2.1%
R+55.9
R+9.3
R+32.8
27,839
R
19.6%Humphrey3,147
66.2%Nixon10,638
14.2%
R+46.6
R+53.6
R+45.9
16,067
D
53.4%Johnson22,350
46.5%Goldwater19,445
0.1%
D+6.9
D+48.8
R+15.6
41,824
R
28.9%Kennedy2,862
70.8%Nixon7,001
0.2%
R+41.9
D+7.6
R+42.0
9,887
R
24.4%Stevenson2,176
73.9%Eisenhower6,589
1.7%
R+49.5
R+0.1
R+34.1
8,920
R
25.2%Stevenson2,226
74.6%Eisenhower6,588
0.1%
R+49.4
R+20.7
R+38.7
8,826
R
32.3%Truman2,431
61.0%Dewey4,596
6.7%
R+28.7
R+9.5
R+33.2
7,534
R
40.2%Roosevelt3,396
59.4%Dewey5,016
0.3%
R+19.2
R+20.6
R+26.7
8,441
D
50.2%Roosevelt4,031
48.9%Willkie3,922
0.9%
D+1.4
R+5.8
R+8.6
8,025
D
53.2%Roosevelt4,306
46.1%Landon3,728
0.7%
D+7.1
R+5.9
R+17.1
8,091
D
55.1%Roosevelt3,745
42.1%Hoover2,859
2.9%
D+13.0
D+54.3
R+4.8
6,799
R
29.3%Smith2,018
70.7%Hoover4,859
0.0%
R+41.3
R+42.3
R+23.8
6,877
D
49.3%Davis2,664
48.4%Coolidge2,613
2.3%
D+0.9
D+9.5
D+26.1
5,402
R
45.2%Cox2,662
53.7%Harding3,168
1.1%
R+8.6
R+18.2
D+17.6
5,895
D
54.2%Wilson1,996
44.6%Hughes1,641
1.2%
D+9.6
R+16.2
D+6.5
3,682
D
55.2%Wilson1,761
29.4%Taft937
15.4%
D+25.8
D+21.3
D+6.3
3,191
D
50.7%Bryan1,736
46.1%Taft1,580
3.2%
D+4.6
R+0.6
D+14.1
3,427
D
51.1%Parker1,604
46.0%Roosevelt1,441
2.9%
D+5.2
D+0.1
D+24.9
3,136
D
51.6%Bryan2,852
46.5%McKinley2,572
1.9%
D+5.1
D+13.0
D+12.6
5,527
R
45.1%Bryan2,998
53.0%McKinley3,524
1.9%
R+7.9
R+17.0
R+1.8
6,649
D
52.8%Cleveland3,293
43.7%Harrison2,724
3.5%
D+9.1
—
D+7.5
6,236
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
41.5%27,102
58.3%38,027
65,241
2020
R
41.3%24,855
58.7%35,334
60,235
2018
R
42.0%19,045
55.6%25,207
45,369
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Harrisonburg, VA
Year
Total registered
2016
78,186
2018
76,857
2020
80,787
2022
82,767
2024
85,616
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+4 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +956 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Harrisonburg, VA in Harrisonburg, VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+547
2012
+836
2013
−350
2014
+374
2015
−203
2016
+714
2017
+53
2018
−40
2019
−426
2021
+25
2022
−373
2023
+223
2024
−428
2025
+4
Home to James Madison University, Harrisonburg's electorate skews younger than surrounding Shenandoah Valley counties, and shifting student registration rates have repeatedly altered competitive margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 55.9 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 20.6 points.
A population of 136,992, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,776 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Logan, UT-ID and Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT.
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In 2024, Harrisonburg, VA, Virginia voted Republican by 20.6 points (R+20.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 66,185 votes cast, 25,676 went Democratic and 39,299 went Republican.
When did Harrisonburg, VA, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Harrisonburg, VA, Virginia voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Harrisonburg, VA, Virginia?
Harrisonburg, VA, Virginia has a population of 136,992 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Harrisonburg, VA, Virginia?
Median household income in Harrisonburg, VA, Virginia is $73,776 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Harrisonburg, VA, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Harrisonburg, VA, Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
