† 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
GroupNortonVirginiaUnited States
American25.4%8.4%5.3%
English15.3%12.0%9.5%
German11.2%10.1%12.5%
Irish9.8%9.1%9.4%
Scottish3.0%1.9%1.3%
Polish2.3%1.6%2.2%
Italian1.9%3.9%4.8%
Armenian1.3%——
African American†2.2%15.6%9.9%
Salvadoran2.9%2.1%0.7%
Mexican0.2%2.4%11.3%
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
Norton
Virginia
United States
Median age
41.3
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.4%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Norton
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$41,495
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
26.3%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.7%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Norton
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.6%
17.5%
22.3%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
2.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Norton
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.
Norton, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−2.9%
2008
−0.1%
2012
−22.1%
2016
−43.7%
2020
−40.3%
2024
−43.6%
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
R
27.9%Harris458
71.4%Trump1,174
0.7%
R+43.6
R+3.3
R+42.1
1,644
R
29.0%Biden464
69.3%Trump1,109
1.7%
R+40.3
D+3.4
R+44.7
1,601
R
26.2%Clinton383
69.9%Trump1,021
3.8%
R+43.7
R+21.6
R+45.8
1,460
R
37.9%Obama565
60.0%Romney895
2.1%
R+22.1
R+22.1
R+26.0
1,491
R
48.5%Obama745
48.6%McCain746
2.9%
R+0.1
D+2.8
R+7.3
1,536
R
48.2%Kerry725
51.1%Bush768
0.7%
R+2.9
—
R+0.4
1,504
Norton sits in the heart of Virginia's coalfields in Wise County, a region that shifted sharply toward Republican margins over the past two decades as energy-sector identity reshaped voter alignment in formerly competitive territory.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 43.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.6 points.
A population of 3,577, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,495 describe the city.
In 2024, Norton, Virginia voted Republican by 43.6 points (R+43.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,644 votes cast, 458 went Democratic and 1,174 went Republican.
How many people live in Norton, Virginia?
Norton, Virginia has a population of 3,577 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Norton, Virginia?
Median household income in Norton, Virginia is $41,495 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Norton, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Norton, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
