† 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
GroupMartinsville, VAVirginiaUnited States
American22.3%8.4%5.3%
English11.1%12.0%9.5%
Irish5.4%9.1%9.4%
German4.8%10.1%12.5%
Scottish1.4%1.9%1.3%
Italian1.1%3.9%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%——
French0.9%1.3%1.6%
African American†25.8%15.6%9.9%
African0.5%0.9%0.5%
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
Mexican4.2%2.4%11.3%
Salvadoran1.0%2.1%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.4%1.8%
Honduran0.4%0.7%0.3%
Guatemalan0.3%0.7%0.5%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Bolivian0.2%0.4%—
Afghan0.6%0.2%—
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
Martinsville, VA
Virginia
United States
Median age
45.7
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.1%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Martinsville, VA
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$49,894
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.6%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.9%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Martinsville, VA
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.6%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.8%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
2.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Martinsville, VA
Virginia
United States
Catholic
2.1%
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
47.4%
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
36.2%
54.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.5%
8.4%
5.2%
Black Protestant
5.7%
1.9%
2.2%
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.
Martinsville, VA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−4.8%
1896
−11.7%
1900
−0.4%
1904
+25.6%
1908
+3.0%
1912
+37.7%
1916
+19.9%
1920
+10.9%
1924
+31.3%
1928
+5.3%
1932
+54.1%
1936
+58.6%
1940
+57.5%
1944
+37.8%
1948
+16.5%
1952
+1.0%
1956
−7.1%
1960
+10.4%
1964
−32.8%
1968
+1.5%
1972
−52.4%
1976
+19.2%
1980
+1.8%
1984
−25.8%
1988
−15.6%
1992
+2.4%
1996
+1.7%
2000
−9.1%
2004
−10.4%
2008
−2.6%
2012
−6.8%
2016
−18.8%
2020
−18.6%
2024
−22.7%
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
38.2%Harris11,892
60.9%Trump18,955
0.3%Oliver78 +4
R+22.7
R+4.0
R+21.2
31,147
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican60.9%18,955
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic38.2%11,892
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%78
OtherAll other candidates0.2%76
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%62
Cornel R WestIndependent0.1%43
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%41
R
40.2%Biden12,903
58.8%Trump18,890
1.0%
R+18.6
D+0.1
R+23.1
32,128
R
39.1%Clinton11,731
57.9%Trump17,357
3.0%
R+18.8
R+12.0
R+20.8
29,998
R
45.4%Obama14,172
52.2%Romney16,296
2.5%
R+6.8
R+4.2
R+10.7
31,247
R
48.1%Obama15,257
50.6%McCain16,069
1.3%
R+2.6
D+7.8
R+9.8
31,735
R
44.3%Kerry12,887
54.7%Bush15,896
1.0%
R+10.4
R+1.2
R+7.9
29,061
R
44.0%Gore11,946
53.1%Bush14,430
2.9%
R+9.1
R+10.8
R+9.7
27,157
D
44.9%Clinton12,002
43.3%Dole11,556
11.8%
D+1.7
R+0.7
R+6.9
26,716
D
43.5%Clinton12,369
41.1%Bush11,695
15.4%
D+2.4
D+18.0
R+3.2
28,442
R
41.3%Dukakis10,330
56.9%Bush14,231
1.7%
R+15.6
D+10.2
R+7.9
24,993
R
36.5%Mondale9,918
62.3%Reagan16,927
1.2%
R+25.8
R+27.6
R+7.6
27,160
D
48.9%Carter12,137
47.1%Reagan11,691
4.0%
D+1.8
R+17.4
D+11.5
24,815
D
57.4%Carter13,171
38.2%Ford8,759
4.5%
D+19.2
D+71.7
D+17.2
22,959
R
22.5%McGovern4,492
74.9%Nixon14,974
2.6%
R+52.4
R+53.9
R+29.3
19,989
O
30.7%Humphrey6,902
29.2%Nixon6,564
40.2%
Wallace +9.5
D+34.3
D+2.2
22,500
R
33.5%Johnson15,722
66.3%Goldwater31,091
0.2%
R+32.8
R+43.2
R+55.3
46,906
D
54.6%Kennedy5,005
44.2%Nixon4,052
1.1%
D+10.4
D+17.5
D+10.2
9,160
R
45.6%Stevenson3,950
52.6%Eisenhower4,561
1.8%
R+7.1
R+8.0
D+8.3
8,663
D
50.2%Stevenson3,714
49.3%Eisenhower3,643
0.5%
D+1.0
R+15.6
D+11.7
7,394
D
46.4%Truman2,132
29.8%Dewey1,372
23.8%
D+16.5
R+21.3
D+12.0
4,598
D
68.8%Roosevelt2,631
31.0%Dewey1,185
0.2%
D+37.8
R+19.7
D+30.3
3,823
D
78.5%Roosevelt2,775
21.0%Willkie743
0.5%
D+57.5
R+1.1
D+47.6
3,534
D
79.2%Roosevelt2,739
20.6%Landon713
0.2%
D+58.6
D+4.5
D+34.3
3,460
D
76.6%Roosevelt1,885
22.5%Hoover554
0.9%
D+54.1
D+48.8
D+36.3
2,461
D
52.7%Smith1,267
47.3%Hoover1,139
0.0%
D+5.3
R+26.0
D+22.8
2,406
D
64.6%Davis1,097
33.3%Coolidge565
2.1%
D+31.3
D+20.4
D+56.5
1,697
D
55.0%Cox871
44.0%Harding698
1.0%
D+10.9
R+9.0
D+37.1
1,585
D
59.6%Wilson851
39.7%Hughes567
0.8%
D+19.9
R+17.8
D+16.7
1,429
D
54.3%Wilson707
16.6%Taft216
29.2%
D+37.7
D+34.7
D+18.1
1,303
D
51.1%Bryan761
48.1%Taft716
0.8%
D+3.0
R+22.6
D+12.6
1,489
D
62.2%Parker718
36.6%Roosevelt422
1.2%
D+25.6
D+26.1
D+45.3
1,154
R
49.5%Bryan1,356
49.9%McKinley1,367
0.6%
R+0.4
D+11.3
D+7.1
2,740
R
43.9%Bryan1,409
55.6%McKinley1,783
0.4%
R+11.7
R+6.9
R+5.6
3,206
R
44.3%Cleveland1,317
49.0%Harrison1,459
6.7%
R+4.8
—
R+6.4
2,975
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
42.9%13,098
56.9%17,368
30,518
2020
R
46.2%14,573
53.7%16,932
31,537
2018
R
42.8%9,950
56.0%13,037
23,272
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Martinsville, VA
Year
Total registered
2016
44,625
2018
43,867
2020
44,956
2022
45,460
2024
46,484
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+209 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −838 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Martinsville, VA in Martinsville, VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−587
2012
−365
2013
−154
2014
−348
2015
−49
2016
−281
2017
−129
2018
−74
2019
−170
2021
+58
2022
+296
2023
+471
2024
+285
2025
+209
Martinsville's metro has shed much of the textile and furniture industry that once defined it, leaving a labor force in transition and an electorate that has swung sharply toward Republican margins over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 58.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 52.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.7 points.
A population of 63,638, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,894 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Danville, VA and Eufaula, AL-GA.
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In 2024, Martinsville, VA, Virginia voted Republican by 22.7 points (R+22.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 31,147 votes cast, 11,892 went Democratic and 18,955 went Republican.
When did Martinsville, VA, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Martinsville, VA, Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Martinsville, VA, Virginia?
Martinsville, VA, Virginia has a population of 63,638 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Martinsville, VA, Virginia?
Median household income in Martinsville, VA, Virginia is $49,894 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Martinsville, VA, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Martinsville, VA, Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
