† 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
GroupLaurelVirginiaUnited States
English10.7%12.0%9.5%
German7.2%10.1%12.5%
Irish6.7%9.1%9.4%
American6.0%8.4%5.3%
Italian3.1%3.9%4.8%
Scottish1.8%1.9%1.3%
Polish1.2%1.6%2.2%
Scotch-Irish1.1%——
African American†25.5%15.6%9.9%
African0.9%0.9%0.5%
Jamaican0.4%0.3%0.4%
Ethiopian0.3%0.5%—
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
West Indian0.2%——
Mexican3.7%2.4%11.3%
Salvadoran2.2%2.1%0.7%
Puerto Rican1.5%1.4%1.8%
Guatemalan1.3%0.7%0.5%
Honduran0.9%0.7%0.3%
Cuban0.7%—0.7%
Venezuelan0.7%——
Nicaraguan0.4%——
Asian Indian3.9%1.8%1.4%
Chinese0.9%0.8%1.3%
Vietnamese0.7%0.7%0.6%
Korean0.5%0.8%0.4%
Filipino0.4%0.9%0.9%
Pakistani0.3%0.5%—
Cambodian0.3%——
Afghan0.3%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
Laurel
Virginia
United States
Median age
35.1
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.8%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Laurel
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$73,609
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.4%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.8%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Laurel
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
27.4%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
11.9%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
6.6%
2.6%
2.0%
Vietnamese
2.1%
0.6%
0.5%
Arabic
3.5%
0.8%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Laurel
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.
Laurel, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+2.1%
2008
+22.4%
2012
+24.3%
2016
+26.8%
2020
+32.8%
2024
+30.1%
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
64.2%Harris4,710
34.1%Trump2,502
1.7%
D+30.1
R+2.7
D+31.6
7,335
D
65.6%Biden5,023
32.8%Trump2,513
1.6%
D+32.8
D+5.9
D+28.3
7,658
D
60.2%Clinton4,252
33.3%Trump2,356
6.5%
D+26.8
D+2.6
D+24.7
7,067
D
61.5%Obama4,460
37.2%Romney2,699
1.4%
D+24.3
D+1.9
D+20.4
7,257
D
60.7%Obama4,231
38.3%McCain2,671
0.9%
D+22.4
D+20.3
D+15.1
6,967
D
50.8%Kerry2,984
48.7%Bush2,860
0.5%
D+2.1
—
D+4.6
5,876
Laurel sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.8 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.1 points.
A population of 18,721, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,609 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Manchester and Scottdale.
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, Laurel, Virginia voted Democratic by 30.1 points (D+30.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,335 votes cast, 4,710 went Democratic and 2,502 went Republican.
How many people live in Laurel, Virginia?
Laurel, Virginia has a population of 18,721 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Laurel, Virginia?
Median household income in Laurel, Virginia is $73,609 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Laurel, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Laurel, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
