† 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
GroupFranklinVirginiaUnited States
African American†43.6%15.6%9.9%
African11.6%0.9%0.5%
Jamaican0.6%0.3%0.4%
English10.2%12.0%9.5%
American4.0%8.4%5.3%
Irish3.3%9.1%9.4%
German2.4%10.1%12.5%
French1.3%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.8%1.9%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.8%——
Italian0.7%3.9%4.8%
Mexican2.0%2.4%11.3%
Dominican0.9%—0.7%
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
Franklin
Virginia
United States
Median age
38.3
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.6%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Franklin
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$63,245
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.4%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.3%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Franklin
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.7%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
7.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Franklin
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.
Franklin, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+8.4%
2008
+28.0%
2012
+30.7%
2016
+27.0%
2020
+25.6%
2024
+22.7%
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
60.7%Harris2,360
38.0%Trump1,476
1.3%
D+22.7
R+2.8
D+24.2
3,888
D
62.2%Biden2,525
36.6%Trump1,487
1.1%
D+25.6
R+1.5
D+21.1
4,058
D
62.0%Clinton2,519
35.0%Trump1,421
3.0%
D+27.0
R+3.7
D+24.9
4,061
D
65.0%Obama2,831
34.3%Romney1,494
0.7%
D+30.7
D+2.7
D+26.8
4,356
D
63.6%Obama2,819
35.5%McCain1,576
0.9%
D+28.0
D+19.6
D+20.8
4,435
D
54.0%Kerry1,910
45.6%Bush1,613
0.4%
D+8.4
—
D+10.9
3,536
Franklin's majority-Black population and post-timber-industry economy shape a local electorate that leans heavily Democratic in state races, with precinct-level swings sometimes decided by single-digit percentage-point shifts in a handful of city wards.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.7 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.7 points.
A population of 8,250, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,245 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oxford and Helena-West Helena.
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, Franklin, Virginia voted Democratic by 22.7 points (D+22.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,888 votes cast, 2,360 went Democratic and 1,476 went Republican.
How many people live in Franklin, Virginia?
Franklin, Virginia has a population of 8,250 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Franklin, Virginia?
Median household income in Franklin, Virginia is $63,245 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Franklin, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Franklin, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
