† 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
GroupVintonVirginiaUnited States
English20.1%12.0%9.5%
German13.6%10.1%12.5%
Irish11.3%9.1%9.4%
American10.7%8.4%5.3%
Italian2.9%3.9%4.8%
Scottish2.8%1.9%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.2%——
Polish1.9%1.6%2.2%
African American†1.3%15.6%9.9%
African0.2%0.9%0.5%
Mexican1.1%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%1.4%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.7%0.3%
Salvadoran0.2%2.1%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Spaniard0.2%——
Asian Indian0.5%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
Vinton
Virginia
United States
Median age
37.2
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.3%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Vinton
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$65,445
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.4%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Vinton
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.9%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
7.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Vinton
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.
Vinton, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−27.1%
2008
−16.9%
2012
−19.1%
2016
−31.0%
2020
−26.8%
2024
−28.9%
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
35.0%Harris1,321
63.9%Trump2,410
1.1%
R+28.9
R+2.0
R+27.4
3,773
R
35.8%Biden1,377
62.6%Trump2,410
1.6%
R+26.8
D+4.2
R+31.3
3,850
R
31.9%Clinton1,130
63.0%Trump2,228
5.1%
R+31.0
R+12.0
R+33.1
3,537
R
39.6%Obama1,368
58.7%Romney2,027
1.7%
R+19.1
R+2.2
R+22.9
3,454
R
40.9%Obama1,409
57.7%McCain1,991
1.4%
R+16.9
D+10.2
R+24.1
3,449
R
36.3%Kerry1,141
63.4%Bush1,991
0.3%
R+27.1
—
R+24.6
3,142
Vinton sits at the eastern edge of the Roanoke Valley, functioning less as a standalone city than as a working-class appendage to a mid-sized metro — a dynamic that shapes its consistently Republican-leaning turnout in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 31.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.9 points.
A population of 8,056, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,445 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cynthiana and Tipton.
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, Vinton, Virginia voted Republican by 28.9 points (R+28.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,773 votes cast, 1,321 went Democratic and 2,410 went Republican.
How many people live in Vinton, Virginia?
Vinton, Virginia has a population of 8,056 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Vinton, Virginia?
Median household income in Vinton, Virginia is $65,445 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Vinton, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Vinton, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
