† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupVarnvilleSouth CarolinaUnited States
African American†56.3%23.4%9.9%
African0.9%0.6%0.5%
American8.3%8.2%5.3%
English6.6%12.1%9.5%
Irish4.4%9.1%9.4%
German2.7%9.4%12.5%
French1.1%1.1%1.6%
Scottish0.6%2.1%1.3%
Italian0.4%3.4%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.3%1.4%—
Asian Indian1.0%0.5%1.4%
Filipino1.0%0.3%0.9%
Vietnamese0.5%0.2%0.6%
Mexican2.4%3.4%11.3%
Honduran0.5%0.4%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.0%1.8%
Colombian0.4%0.4%0.4%
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
Varnville
South Carolina
United States
Median age
38.8
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
13.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.2%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Varnville
South Carolina
United States
Median household income
$55,714
$69,324
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.4%
14.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.3%
32.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Varnville
South Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.3%
8.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
5.2%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.1%
0.1%
0.5%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.1%
0.2%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Varnville
South Carolina
United States
Catholic
—
8.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
28.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.5%
51.5%
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.
Varnville, South Carolina
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+29.6%
2008
+33.3%
2012
+35.2%
2016
+28.8%
2020
+26.8%
2024
+16.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
57.9%Harris424
41.1%Trump301
1.0%
D+16.8
R+10.0
D+18.3
732
D
62.9%Biden533
36.1%Trump306
0.9%
D+26.8
R+2.0
D+22.3
847
D
63.7%Clinton497
34.9%Trump272
1.4%
D+28.8
R+6.4
D+26.8
780
D
67.3%Obama558
32.1%Romney266
0.6%
D+35.2
D+1.9
D+31.4
829
D
66.1%Obama537
32.7%McCain266
1.2%
D+33.3
D+3.8
D+26.1
813
D
64.1%Kerry444
34.5%Bush239
1.4%
D+29.6
—
D+32.0
693
Varnville anchors Hampton County, a rural Lowcountry jurisdiction where a majority-Black electorate has shaped consistent Democratic margins in statewide races even as the surrounding region trended Republican over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.2 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.8 points.
A population of 2,571, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,714 describe the city.
In 2024, Varnville, South Carolina voted Democratic by 16.8 points (D+16.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 732 votes cast, 424 went Democratic and 301 went Republican.
How many people live in Varnville, South Carolina?
Varnville, South Carolina has a population of 2,571 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Varnville, South Carolina?
Median household income in Varnville, South Carolina is $55,714 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Varnville, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Varnville, South Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
