Greene County, Virginia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+25%. Republican peak: R+58 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 21,1552024 5-year
- Median household income
- $89,8082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Frederick County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Greene CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Greene County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +26.9% |
| 1896 | −4.3% |
| 1900 | +5.4% |
| 1904 | −18.4% |
| 1908 | −18.4% |
| 1912 | +20.3% |
| 1916 | −3.9% |
| 1920 | −14.9% |
| 1924 | +8.4% |
| 1928 | −24.0% |
| 1932 | +20.9% |
| 1936 | +3.0% |
| 1940 | +12.6% |
| 1944 | −16.4% |
| 1948 | −22.3% |
| 1952 | −36.2% |
| 1956 | −34.5% |
| 1960 | −29.0% |
| 1964 | −16.4% |
| 1968 | −38.8% |
| 1972 | −57.6% |
| 1976 | −9.4% |
| 1980 | −27.6% |
| 1984 | −48.5% |
| 1988 | −41.4% |
| 1992 | −21.1% |
| 1996 | −21.4% |
| 2000 | −29.6% |
| 2004 | −33.6% |
| 2008 | −21.9% |
| 2012 | −25.3% |
| 2016 | −31.4% |
| 2020 | −23.9% |
| 2024 | −24.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,456 | 7,432 | 12,106 | ||
| R | 4,163 | 6,866 | 11,311 | ||
| R | 2,924 | 5,945 | 9,607 | ||
| R | 3,290 | 5,569 | 9,023 | ||
| R | 3,174 | 4,980 | 8,260 | ||
| R | 2,240 | 4,570 | 6,939 | ||
| R | 1,774 | 3,375 | 5,412 | ||
| R | 1,440 | 2,351 | 4,252 | ||
| R | 1,353 | 2,265 | 4,331 | ||
| R | 899 | 2,234 | 3,224 | ||
| R | 760 | 2,216 | 3,000 | ||
| R | 925 | 1,702 | 2,811 | ||
| R | 895 | 1,095 | 2,130 | ||
| R | 318 | 1,208 | 1,544 | ||
| R | 255 | 856 | 1,549 | ||
| R | 460 | 641 | 1,104 | ||
| R | 314 | 573 | 892 | ||
| R | 246 | 539 | 849 | ||
| R | 250 | 537 | 792 | ||
| R | 261 | 420 | 714 | ||
| R | 282 | 393 | 676 | ||
| D | 363 | 282 | 645 | ||
| D | 341 | 321 | 663 | ||
| D | 394 | 258 | 652 | ||
| R | 259 | 423 | 682 | ||
| D | 285 | 240 | 535 | ||
| R | 306 | 414 | 724 | ||
| R | 221 | 239 | 460 | ||
| D | 238 | 141 | 479 | ||
| R | 252 | 366 | 618 | ||
| R | 214 | 311 | 527 | ||
| D | 511 | 459 | 970 | ||
| R | 533 | 581 | 1,116 | ||
| D | 629 | 356 | 1,013 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.8%
German
12.4%
Irish
11.5%
American
10.1%
Scottish
3.0%
Italian
2.8%
French
1.3%
African American
5.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$89,808
Greene County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Greene County$89,808
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Greene County ranks in the top 10% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.4%
Working age (18–64)11.6%
Seniors (65+)6.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.9%
speak English only
Spanish5.6%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Greene County sits at the eastern edge of the Shenandoah Valley's Blue Ridge foothills, with a population under 16,000 that skews rural and owner-occupied. Its R+24.7 margin in 2024 reflects a decade-long rightward shift in small exurban Virginia counties.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-eight points in 1972 at its widest — Greene County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-five points.
A median household income of $89,808 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 21,155 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Frederick County and Butler County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Greene County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greene County, Virginia voted Republican by 24.6 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,106 votes cast, 4,456 went Democratic and 7,432 went Republican.
What is Greene County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Greene County, Virginia in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Greene County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greene County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1940.
How many people live in Greene County, Virginia?
Greene County, Virginia has a population of 21,155 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greene County, Virginia?
Median household income in Greene County, Virginia is $89,808 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Greene County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Greene County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.