† 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
GroupBlacksburgVirginiaUnited States
American14.2%8.4%5.3%
English12.2%12.0%9.5%
German12.0%10.1%12.5%
Irish9.2%9.1%9.4%
Italian3.3%3.9%4.8%
Scottish2.5%1.9%1.3%
Polish2.2%1.6%2.2%
Scotch-Irish1.3%——
Chinese3.4%0.8%1.3%
Asian Indian3.3%1.8%1.4%
Korean1.5%0.8%0.4%
Vietnamese0.5%0.7%0.6%
Japanese0.5%—0.2%
Filipino0.4%0.9%0.9%
Mexican1.7%2.4%11.3%
Colombian0.5%0.3%0.4%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.4%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
African American†3.6%15.6%9.9%
African0.2%0.9%0.5%
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
Blacksburg
Virginia
United States
Median age
21.9
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
53.1%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
7.7%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Blacksburg
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$50,182
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
42.7%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
69.2%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Blacksburg
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.0%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
5.0%
2.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.1%
0.7%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.8%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Blacksburg
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.
Blacksburg, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+14.0%
2008
+27.7%
2012
+21.0%
2016
+35.4%
2020
+45.5%
2024
+49.0%
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
72.8%Harris9,981
23.9%Trump3,272
3.3%
D+49.0
D+3.4
D+50.4
13,703
D
71.4%Biden10,886
25.9%Trump3,946
2.7%
D+45.5
D+10.1
D+41.1
15,243
D
62.4%Clinton10,396
26.9%Trump4,492
10.7%
D+35.4
D+14.4
D+33.3
16,670
D
59.2%Obama9,599
38.2%Romney6,194
2.7%
D+21.0
R+6.7
D+17.1
16,228
D
63.1%Obama10,470
35.5%McCain5,884
1.4%
D+27.7
D+13.7
D+20.4
16,583
D
56.3%Kerry7,033
42.3%Bush5,286
1.4%
D+14.0
—
D+16.4
12,489
Blacksburg's electorate skews markedly younger than Virginia's median, driven by roughly 37,000 Virginia Tech students whose registration patterns and turnout cycles make it one of the state's most enrollment-sensitive precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.0 points.
A population of 45,446, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,182 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pullman and Bloomington.
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, Blacksburg, Virginia voted Democratic by 49.0 points (D+49.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 13,703 votes cast, 9,981 went Democratic and 3,272 went Republican.
How many people live in Blacksburg, Virginia?
Blacksburg, Virginia has a population of 45,446 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Blacksburg, Virginia?
Median household income in Blacksburg, Virginia is $50,182 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Blacksburg, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Blacksburg, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
