† 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
GroupOaktonVirginiaUnited States
English12.5%12.0%9.5%
German12.4%10.1%12.5%
Irish11.6%9.1%9.4%
Italian5.5%3.9%4.8%
American4.0%8.4%5.3%
Polish2.8%1.6%2.2%
Scottish2.3%1.9%1.3%
French2.0%1.3%1.6%
Asian Indian5.2%1.8%1.4%
Korean4.1%0.8%0.4%
Chinese3.2%0.8%1.3%
Vietnamese3.2%0.7%0.6%
Filipino1.6%0.9%0.9%
Pakistani1.5%0.5%—
Bangladeshi0.5%——
Nepalese0.5%——
Salvadoran2.3%2.1%0.7%
Mexican1.2%2.4%11.3%
Bolivian1.0%0.4%—
Guatemalan1.0%0.7%0.5%
Honduran0.9%0.7%0.3%
Peruvian0.9%0.5%—
Puerto Rican0.7%1.4%1.8%
Colombian0.4%0.3%0.4%
African American†3.8%15.6%9.9%
Ethiopian1.1%0.5%—
African0.4%0.9%0.5%
Ghanaian0.3%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
Oakton
Virginia
United States
Median age
40.1
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Oakton
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$160,663
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.6%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
74.5%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Oakton
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
35.6%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.3%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
6.9%
2.6%
2.0%
Korean
4.3%
0.7%
0.3%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.7%
0.7%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Oakton
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.
Oakton, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+3.7%
2008
+17.9%
2012
+17.5%
2016
+35.8%
2020
+43.8%
2024
+38.3%
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
67.3%Harris13,062
29.0%Trump5,629
3.7%
D+38.3
R+5.5
D+39.8
19,412
D
70.9%Biden13,367
27.1%Trump5,103
2.1%
D+43.8
D+8.0
D+39.4
18,864
D
63.9%Clinton10,597
28.1%Trump4,663
7.9%
D+35.8
D+18.3
D+33.7
16,576
D
58.1%Obama9,959
40.5%Romney6,953
1.4%
D+17.5
R+0.3
D+13.7
17,147
D
58.5%Obama9,428
40.6%McCain6,548
0.9%
D+17.9
D+14.1
D+10.6
16,118
D
51.4%Kerry7,456
47.7%Bush6,913
0.9%
D+3.7
—
D+6.2
14,496
Oakton sits in Fairfax County's high-income corridor, where a concentration of government contractors and federal employees produces an unusually credentialed voter base that has swung measurably toward Democrats in recent federal cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.8 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.3 points.
A population of 36,528, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $160,663 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Vienna and Kings Park West.
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, Oakton, Virginia voted Democratic by 38.3 points (D+38.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 19,412 votes cast, 13,062 went Democratic and 5,629 went Republican.
How many people live in Oakton, Virginia?
Oakton, Virginia has a population of 36,528 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oakton, Virginia?
Median household income in Oakton, Virginia is $160,663 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Oakton, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Oakton, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
