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
GroupSouthern GatewayVirginiaUnited States
German7.7%10.1%12.5%
English6.8%12.0%9.5%
Irish6.3%9.1%9.4%
American5.8%8.4%5.3%
Italian3.0%3.9%4.8%
Polish1.5%1.6%2.2%
Scottish1.2%1.9%1.3%
French1.1%1.3%1.6%
African American†22.1%15.6%9.9%
African1.6%0.9%0.5%
Ghanaian1.6%0.2%—
Jamaican0.7%0.3%0.4%
Nigerian0.3%0.2%0.2%
Ethiopian0.3%0.5%—
Sierra Leonean0.3%——
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
Mexican3.5%2.4%11.3%
Salvadoran3.0%2.1%0.7%
Puerto Rican1.6%1.4%1.8%
Peruvian0.5%0.5%—
Guatemalan0.5%0.7%0.5%
Honduran0.5%0.7%0.3%
Colombian0.4%0.3%0.4%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Filipino0.7%0.9%0.9%
Korean0.6%0.8%0.4%
Afghan0.6%0.2%—
Pakistani0.5%0.5%—
Chinese0.4%0.8%1.3%
Asian Indian0.2%1.8%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.7%0.6%
Cambodian0.2%——
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
Southern Gateway
Virginia
United States
Median age
32.4
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
12.0%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
6.0%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Southern Gateway
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$95,227
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.8%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.8%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Southern Gateway
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
20.7%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
8.8%
7.9%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
5.8%
0.5%
0.7%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.9%
0.6%
0.6%
Arabic
3.0%
0.8%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Southern Gateway
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.
Southern Gateway, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−11.2%
2008
+7.6%
2012
+12.2%
2016
+24.5%
2020
+31.0%
2024
+22.1%
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
60.3%Harris693
38.2%Trump439
1.6%
D+22.1
R+9.0
D+23.6
1,150
D
64.5%Biden702
33.4%Trump364
2.1%
D+31.0
D+6.6
D+26.6
1,089
D
58.7%Clinton504
34.3%Trump294
7.0%
D+24.5
D+12.2
D+22.4
858
D
55.4%Obama511
43.1%Romney398
1.5%
D+12.2
D+4.6
D+8.4
923
D
53.4%Obama584
45.8%McCain501
0.7%
D+7.6
D+18.8
D+0.3
1,093
R
44.1%Kerry390
55.3%Bush489
0.7%
R+11.2
—
R+8.7
885
Southern Gateway sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.0 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 11.2 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.1 points.
A population of 2,771, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,227 describe the city.
In 2024, Southern Gateway, Virginia voted Democratic by 22.1 points (D+22.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,150 votes cast, 693 went Democratic and 439 went Republican.
When did Southern Gateway, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Southern Gateway, Virginia voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Southern Gateway, Virginia?
Southern Gateway, Virginia has a population of 2,771 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Southern Gateway, Virginia?
Median household income in Southern Gateway, Virginia is $95,227 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Southern Gateway, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Southern Gateway, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 1 went Republican.