† 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
GroupMartinsvilleVirginiaUnited States
African American†41.6%15.6%9.9%
Haitian1.5%—0.3%
Kenyan0.5%——
African0.4%0.9%0.5%
American14.2%8.4%5.3%
English8.8%12.0%9.5%
Irish5.0%9.1%9.4%
German3.2%10.1%12.5%
Scottish1.2%1.9%1.3%
French1.1%1.3%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.0%——
Norwegian0.6%——
Salvadoran2.7%2.1%0.7%
Mexican2.5%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%1.4%1.8%
Cuban0.8%—0.7%
Bolivian0.7%0.4%—
Spaniard0.4%——
Afghan2.8%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
Martinsville
Virginia
United States
Median age
38.4
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.8%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Martinsville
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$46,727
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
23.5%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.1%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Martinsville
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.2%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.8%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.0%
2.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Martinsville
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.
Martinsville, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+8.9%
2008
+28.0%
2012
+24.6%
2016
+23.5%
2020
+26.6%
2024
+22.6%
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
60.6%Harris3,434
38.0%Trump2,153
1.4%
D+22.6
R+4.0
D+24.1
5,668
D
62.6%Biden3,766
36.0%Trump2,165
1.4%
D+26.6
D+3.2
D+22.2
6,013
D
59.8%Clinton3,532
36.4%Trump2,147
3.8%
D+23.5
R+1.2
D+21.4
5,904
D
61.4%Obama3,856
36.8%Romney2,309
1.9%
D+24.6
R+3.4
D+20.8
6,282
D
63.4%Obama4,139
35.4%McCain2,311
1.2%
D+28.0
D+19.1
D+20.7
6,529
D
54.2%Kerry3,036
45.3%Bush2,538
0.5%
D+8.9
—
D+11.3
5,603
Martinsville, once anchored by furniture manufacturing and textile mills, has shed much of that industrial base, leaving a small independent city that trends heavily Democratic in statewide races despite its rural Southside Virginia surroundings.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.0 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.6 points.
A population of 13,658, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,727 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Covington and Greenwood.
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, Martinsville, Virginia voted Democratic by 22.6 points (D+22.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,668 votes cast, 3,434 went Democratic and 2,153 went Republican.
How many people live in Martinsville, Virginia?
Martinsville, Virginia has a population of 13,658 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Martinsville, Virginia?
Median household income in Martinsville, Virginia is $46,727 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Martinsville, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Martinsville, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
