† 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
GroupWiseVirginiaUnited States
American22.2%8.4%5.3%
English15.6%12.0%9.5%
Irish13.8%9.1%9.4%
German8.7%10.1%12.5%
Scottish2.1%1.9%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.0%——
Italian1.2%3.9%4.8%
Dutch0.7%——
Mexican0.9%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.4%1.8%
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
Wise
Virginia
United States
Median age
36.5
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wise
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$53,596
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.2%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wise
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.9%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
7.9%
13.6%
Vietnamese
2.4%
0.6%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wise
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.
Wise, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−17.8%
2008
−28.0%
2012
−47.9%
2016
−55.5%
2020
−54.8%
2024
−55.5%
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
21.8%Harris339
77.3%Trump1,202
0.9%
R+55.5
R+0.7
R+54.0
1,555
R
22.2%Biden336
77.0%Trump1,165
0.8%
R+54.8
D+0.7
R+59.2
1,513
R
20.8%Clinton281
76.4%Trump1,030
2.8%
R+55.5
R+7.6
R+57.6
1,349
R
25.5%Obama344
73.4%Romney991
1.2%
R+47.9
R+19.9
R+51.7
1,351
R
35.3%Obama454
63.3%McCain814
1.4%
R+28.0
R+10.2
R+35.3
1,286
R
40.6%Kerry530
58.4%Bush762
1.0%
R+17.8
—
R+15.3
1,305
Wise sits in Wise County, a historically Democratic coal region that has swung sharply Republican over the past two decades as energy-sector decline reshaped voter priorities and population trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 55.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.5 points.
A population of 2,916, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,596 describe the city.
In 2024, Wise, Virginia voted Republican by 55.5 points (R+55.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,555 votes cast, 339 went Democratic and 1,202 went Republican.
How many people live in Wise, Virginia?
Wise, Virginia has a population of 2,916 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wise, Virginia?
Median household income in Wise, Virginia is $53,596 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Wise, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Wise, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
