Hanover County, Virginia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+26%. Democratic peak: D+75 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+26MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 112,8792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $112,8052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Colonial Heights city, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hanover CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hanover 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 | +16.4% |
| 1896 | +5.6% |
| 1900 | +0.1% |
| 1904 | +33.3% |
| 1908 | +43.2% |
| 1912 | +74.4% |
| 1916 | +75.3% |
| 1920 | +59.9% |
| 1924 | +66.0% |
| 1928 | +16.8% |
| 1932 | +62.7% |
| 1936 | +61.6% |
| 1940 | +57.2% |
| 1944 | +43.7% |
| 1948 | +9.5% |
| 1952 | −19.6% |
| 1956 | −27.7% |
| 1960 | −19.6% |
| 1964 | −28.8% |
| 1968 | −30.8% |
| 1972 | −44.4% |
| 1976 | −30.7% |
| 1980 | −43.6% |
| 1984 | −58.9% |
| 1988 | −54.6% |
| 1992 | −35.9% |
| 1996 | −35.2% |
| 2000 | −39.8% |
| 2004 | −43.3% |
| 2008 | −33.6% |
| 2012 | −36.7% |
| 2016 | −32.3% |
| 2020 | −26.8% |
| 2024 | −25.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 26,733 | 45,569 | 73,404 | ||
| R | 25,307 | 44,318 | 70,967 | ||
| R | 19,382 | 39,630 | 62,723 | ||
| R | 18,294 | 39,940 | 59,058 | ||
| R | 18,447 | 37,344 | 56,248 | ||
| R | 13,941 | 35,404 | 49,611 | ||
| R | 12,044 | 28,614 | 41,585 | ||
| R | 9,880 | 22,086 | 34,724 | ||
| R | 8,021 | 20,336 | 34,261 | ||
| R | 5,985 | 20,570 | 26,718 | ||
| R | 4,831 | 18,800 | 23,718 | ||
| R | 5,383 | 14,262 | 20,368 | ||
| R | 6,069 | 11,559 | 17,859 | ||
| R | 709 | 1,865 | 2,605 | ||
| R | 2,079 | 5,425 | 10,847 | ||
| R | 2,834 | 5,134 | 7,987 | ||
| R | 2,023 | 3,020 | 5,085 | ||
| R | 1,109 | 2,272 | 4,202 | ||
| R | 1,518 | 2,257 | 3,777 | ||
| D | 1,048 | 838 | 2,202 | ||
| D | 1,471 | 575 | 2,051 | ||
| D | 1,347 | 364 | 1,719 | ||
| D | 1,397 | 327 | 1,736 | ||
| D | 1,073 | 238 | 1,332 | ||
| D | 831 | 592 | 1,423 | ||
| D | 732 | 135 | 905 | ||
| D | 903 | 224 | 1,133 | ||
| D | 760 | 102 | 874 | ||
| D | 609 | 87 | 702 | ||
| D | 522 | 204 | 736 | ||
| D | 527 | 261 | 798 | ||
| D | 1,203 | 1,201 | 2,418 | ||
| D | 1,499 | 1,337 | 2,899 | ||
| D | 1,536 | 1,064 | 2,872 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.0%
German
10.6%
Irish
10.2%
American
9.9%
Italian
3.9%
Scottish
2.4%
Polish
1.9%
African American
6.7%
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: 42.7 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
$112,805
Hanover County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Hanover County$112,805
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Hanover County ranks in the top 0.5% 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
5.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.5%
Working age (18–64)5.1%
Seniors (65+)6.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.3%
speak English only
Spanish2.0%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hanover sits at the northern edge of the Richmond metro and has delivered double-digit Republican presidential margins for decades, with the 2024 gap widening past 25 points as population growth has not softened its conservative lean.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-nine points in 1984 at its widest — Hanover County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-six points.
A median household income of $112,805 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 112,879 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Colonial Heights city and Greenville County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hanover County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hanover County, Virginia voted Republican by 25.7 points (R+26), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 73,404 votes cast, 26,733 went Democratic and 45,569 went Republican.
What is Hanover County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Hanover 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 15 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Hanover County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hanover County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Hanover County, Virginia?
Hanover County, Virginia has a population of 112,879 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hanover County, Virginia?
Median household income in Hanover County, Virginia is $112,805 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Hanover County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hanover County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.