† 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
GroupAshlandVirginiaUnited States
English15.2%12.0%9.5%
German8.5%10.1%12.5%
Irish8.2%9.1%9.4%
American7.9%8.4%5.3%
Italian3.1%3.9%4.8%
Scottish1.9%1.9%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.6%——
Polish1.5%1.6%2.2%
African American†18.7%15.6%9.9%
Mexican2.8%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.7%1.4%1.8%
Salvadoran1.7%2.1%0.7%
Colombian0.8%0.3%0.4%
Dominican0.6%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%0.7%0.5%
Chilean0.6%——
Spanish0.6%——
Asian Indian0.3%1.8%1.4%
Filipino0.2%0.9%0.9%
Chinese0.2%0.8%1.3%
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
Ashland
Virginia
United States
Median age
30.6
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
24.2%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.0%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ashland
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$61,164
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
24.3%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.0%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ashland
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.8%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
8.4%
7.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ashland
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
54.3%
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.
Ashland, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+1.6%
2008
+13.2%
2012
+16.9%
2016
+15.5%
2020
+17.2%
2024
+11.7%
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, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles 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
55.1%Harris1,865
43.4%Trump1,468
1.6%
D+11.7
R+5.5
D+13.2
3,386
D
57.8%Biden1,988
40.6%Trump1,395
1.6%
D+17.2
D+1.7
D+12.8
3,439
D
54.7%Clinton1,701
39.2%Trump1,218
6.1%
D+15.5
R+1.3
D+13.5
3,107
D
57.7%Obama1,747
40.9%Romney1,237
1.4%
D+16.9
D+3.7
D+13.0
3,026
D
56.1%Obama1,569
42.9%McCain1,201
1.0%
D+13.2
D+11.5
D+5.9
2,797
D
50.3%Kerry1,185
48.7%Bush1,147
1.1%
D+1.6
—
D+4.1
2,357
Ashland sits at the edge of Richmond's expanding suburban ring, where Randolph-Macon College's presence adds a younger demographic layer to an otherwise small-town Hanover County electorate that has leaned reliably Republican in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 17.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.7 points.
A population of 7,772, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,164 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chestertown and Lexington.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Ashland, Virginia voted Democratic by 11.7 points (D+11.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,386 votes cast, 1,865 went Democratic and 1,468 went Republican.
How many people live in Ashland, Virginia?
Ashland, Virginia has a population of 7,772 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ashland, Virginia?
Median household income in Ashland, Virginia is $61,164 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Ashland, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ashland, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
