New Kent County, Virginia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+32%. Democratic peak: D+55 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 25,1052024 5-year
- Median household income
- $123,3142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+55 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Franklin County, PA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of New Kent CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for New Kent 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 | −16.2% |
| 1896 | −9.4% |
| 1900 | −22.5% |
| 1904 | +25.6% |
| 1908 | +9.6% |
| 1912 | +54.9% |
| 1916 | +46.6% |
| 1920 | +27.1% |
| 1924 | +33.0% |
| 1928 | −9.9% |
| 1932 | +42.1% |
| 1936 | +43.8% |
| 1940 | +36.5% |
| 1944 | +35.1% |
| 1948 | +26.7% |
| 1952 | −6.4% |
| 1956 | −37.7% |
| 1960 | −4.4% |
| 1964 | +29.9% |
| 1968 | +12.6% |
| 1972 | −42.7% |
| 1976 | +3.0% |
| 1980 | −17.6% |
| 1984 | −37.8% |
| 1988 | −34.0% |
| 1992 | −17.7% |
| 1996 | −18.9% |
| 2000 | −30.7% |
| 2004 | −37.4% |
| 2008 | −28.9% |
| 2012 | −33.7% |
| 2016 | −37.4% |
| 2020 | −34.6% |
| 2024 | −31.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,641 | 10,974 | 16,807 | ||
| R | 4,621 | 9,631 | 14,463 | ||
| R | 3,546 | 8,118 | 12,233 | ||
| R | 3,555 | 7,246 | 10,953 | ||
| R | 3,493 | 6,385 | 9,991 | ||
| R | 2,443 | 5,414 | 7,946 | ||
| R | 2,055 | 3,934 | 6,114 | ||
| R | 1,859 | 2,852 | 5,267 | ||
| R | 1,738 | 2,708 | 5,483 | ||
| R | 1,427 | 2,917 | 4,384 | ||
| R | 1,204 | 2,679 | 3,899 | ||
| R | 1,204 | 1,739 | 3,035 | ||
| D | 1,338 | 1,259 | 2,644 | ||
| R | 3,692 | 9,348 | 13,248 | ||
| D | 765 | 526 | 1,904 | ||
| D | 4,804 | 2,590 | 7,415 | ||
| R | 481 | 526 | 1,018 | ||
| R | 178 | 510 | 880 | ||
| R | 400 | 455 | 862 | ||
| D | 277 | 140 | 514 | ||
| D | 329 | 158 | 487 | ||
| D | 286 | 133 | 419 | ||
| D | 307 | 120 | 427 | ||
| D | 286 | 115 | 406 | ||
| R | 178 | 217 | 395 | ||
| D | 178 | 86 | 279 | ||
| D | 190 | 109 | 299 | ||
| D | 192 | 69 | 264 | ||
| D | 160 | 30 | 237 | ||
| D | 193 | 159 | 354 | ||
| D | 127 | 75 | 203 | ||
| R | 282 | 447 | 734 | ||
| R | 369 | 446 | 823 | ||
| R | 366 | 513 | 906 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
20.5%
Irish
13.3%
German
12.4%
American
11.6%
Italian
5.3%
Scottish
2.9%
Polish
2.4%
African American
10.6%
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: 42.9 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
$123,314
New Kent County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
New Kent County$123,314
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
New Kent 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
4.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 184.0%
Working age (18–64)4.4%
Seniors (65+)10.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.3%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Other languages0.9%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wedged between Richmond and Williamsburg along I-64, New Kent has seen steady population growth as commuters arrive, yet its presidential margins have widened rather than narrowed over the past decade, bucking the suburban-shift trend visible in neighboring localities.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-three points in 1972 at its widest — New Kent County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-two points.
A median household income of $123,314 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 25,105 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin County and Clermont County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did New Kent County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Kent County, Virginia voted Republican by 31.7 points (R+32), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,807 votes cast, 5,641 went Democratic and 10,974 went Republican.
What is New Kent County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places New Kent 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 14 times, Republican 20 times, and other 0 times.
When did New Kent County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New Kent County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in New Kent County, Virginia?
New Kent County, Virginia has a population of 25,105 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Kent County, Virginia?
Median household income in New Kent County, Virginia is $123,314 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of New Kent County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in New Kent County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.