† 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
GroupRestonVirginiaUnited States
English12.9%12.0%9.5%
German12.8%10.1%12.5%
Irish12.1%9.1%9.4%
Italian5.7%3.9%4.8%
American4.2%8.4%5.3%
Polish2.9%1.6%2.2%
Scottish2.4%1.9%1.3%
French2.0%1.3%1.6%
Salvadoran3.5%2.1%0.7%
Mexican1.9%2.4%11.3%
Bolivian1.6%0.4%—
Guatemalan1.5%0.7%0.5%
Honduran1.4%0.7%0.3%
Peruvian1.3%0.5%—
Puerto Rican1.1%1.4%1.8%
Colombian0.6%0.3%0.4%
Asian Indian2.5%1.8%1.4%
Korean2.0%0.8%0.4%
Chinese1.5%0.8%1.3%
Vietnamese1.5%0.7%0.6%
Filipino0.8%0.9%0.9%
Pakistani0.7%0.5%—
Bangladeshi0.2%——
Nepalese0.2%——
African American†4.6%15.6%9.9%
Ethiopian1.4%0.5%—
African0.5%0.9%0.5%
Ghanaian0.3%0.2%—
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
Somali0.2%——
Sudanese0.2%——
Jamaican0.2%0.3%0.4%
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
Reston
Virginia
United States
Median age
40.1
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.2%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Reston
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$148,710
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.7%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
72.0%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Reston
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
30.3%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
11.8%
7.9%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.8%
0.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
5.3%
2.6%
2.0%
Arabic
2.0%
0.8%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Reston
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.
Reston, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+23.0%
2008
+35.9%
2012
+31.9%
2016
+46.0%
2020
+54.0%
2024
+49.7%
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
73.3%Harris27,826
23.6%Trump8,959
3.0%
D+49.7
R+4.3
D+51.2
37,937
D
76.0%Biden28,285
22.0%Trump8,175
2.0%
D+54.0
D+8.0
D+49.6
37,222
D
69.5%Clinton22,263
23.4%Trump7,512
7.1%
D+46.0
D+14.1
D+43.9
32,050
D
65.3%Obama20,458
33.3%Romney10,447
1.4%
D+31.9
R+3.9
D+28.1
31,334
D
67.5%Obama20,278
31.7%McCain9,504
0.8%
D+35.9
D+12.9
D+28.6
30,022
D
61.1%Kerry16,050
38.1%Bush10,016
0.8%
D+23.0
—
D+25.4
26,279
Reston's demographic profile skews highly educated and internationally diverse, reflecting its role as a northern Virginia technology hub. That mix has tracked reliably with suburban shifts in Fairfax County's recent electoral margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.7 points.
A population of 64,414, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $148,710 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Arlington and Kirkland.
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, Reston, Virginia voted Democratic by 49.7 points (D+49.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 37,937 votes cast, 27,826 went Democratic and 8,959 went Republican.
How many people live in Reston, Virginia?
Reston, Virginia has a population of 64,414 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Reston, Virginia?
Median household income in Reston, Virginia is $148,710 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Reston, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Reston, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
