† 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
GroupMontroseVirginiaUnited States
African American†65.5%15.6%9.9%
African2.2%0.9%0.5%
Jamaican1.0%0.3%0.4%
Ethiopian0.7%0.5%—
Nigerian0.5%0.2%0.2%
West Indian0.5%——
English4.3%12.0%9.5%
German2.9%10.1%12.5%
Irish2.7%9.1%9.4%
American2.4%8.4%5.3%
Italian1.2%3.9%4.8%
Scottish0.7%1.9%1.3%
Polish0.5%1.6%2.2%
Scotch-Irish0.5%——
Mexican0.6%2.4%11.3%
Salvadoran0.4%2.1%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.3%1.4%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.7%0.5%
Asian Indian0.9%1.8%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.8%1.3%
Vietnamese0.2%0.7%0.6%
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
Montrose
Virginia
United States
Median age
39.9
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
10.8%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.4%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Montrose
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$49,550
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.9%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.7%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Montrose
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.4%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.6%
7.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Montrose
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.
Montrose, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+46.6%
2008
+60.2%
2012
+66.5%
2016
+64.6%
2020
+65.7%
2024
+62.3%
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
80.3%Harris3,127
18.0%Trump700
1.7%
D+62.3
R+3.4
D+63.8
3,895
D
82.1%Biden3,269
16.5%Trump655
1.4%
D+65.7
D+1.1
D+61.2
3,981
D
80.8%Clinton2,711
16.2%Trump543
3.1%
D+64.6
R+1.9
D+62.5
3,357
D
82.6%Obama2,934
16.1%Romney571
1.4%
D+66.5
D+6.3
D+62.7
3,553
D
79.8%Obama2,661
19.6%McCain654
0.6%
D+60.2
D+13.6
D+52.9
3,336
D
73.2%Kerry1,875
26.7%Bush683
0.1%
D+46.6
—
D+49.0
2,560
Montrose sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 66.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.3 points.
A population of 8,285, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,550 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bellefontaine Neighbors and Jennings.
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, Montrose, Virginia voted Democratic by 62.3 points (D+62.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,895 votes cast, 3,127 went Democratic and 700 went Republican.
How many people live in Montrose, Virginia?
Montrose, Virginia has a population of 8,285 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Montrose, Virginia?
Median household income in Montrose, Virginia is $49,550 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Montrose, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Montrose, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
