Roanoke County, Virginia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+22%. Democratic peak: D+58 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+22MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 97,0232024 5-year
- Median household income
- $83,7092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+58 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- New Kent County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Roanoke CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Roanoke 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 | +8.1% |
| 1896 | −13.9% |
| 1900 | −11.2% |
| 1904 | +18.4% |
| 1908 | +25.8% |
| 1912 | +57.7% |
| 1916 | +29.0% |
| 1920 | +14.5% |
| 1924 | +20.3% |
| 1928 | −35.1% |
| 1932 | +18.9% |
| 1936 | +23.7% |
| 1940 | +21.0% |
| 1944 | +3.6% |
| 1948 | −14.9% |
| 1952 | −38.1% |
| 1956 | −42.9% |
| 1960 | −34.9% |
| 1964 | +20.1% |
| 1968 | −40.4% |
| 1972 | −37.8% |
| 1976 | −1.7% |
| 1980 | −16.4% |
| 1984 | −37.5% |
| 1988 | −25.8% |
| 1992 | −14.5% |
| 1996 | −13.5% |
| 2000 | −22.4% |
| 2004 | −30.9% |
| 2008 | −21.1% |
| 2012 | −25.2% |
| 2016 | −27.6% |
| 2020 | −21.8% |
| 2024 | −22.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 21,693 | 34,453 | 57,048 | ||
| R | 21,801 | 34,268 | 57,184 | ||
| R | 17,200 | 31,408 | 51,489 | ||
| R | 18,711 | 31,624 | 51,217 | ||
| R | 19,812 | 30,571 | 50,975 | ||
| R | 16,082 | 30,596 | 46,973 | ||
| R | 16,141 | 25,740 | 42,817 | ||
| R | 15,387 | 20,700 | 39,421 | ||
| R | 14,704 | 20,667 | 41,080 | ||
| R | 12,938 | 22,011 | 35,157 | ||
| R | 10,569 | 23,348 | 34,054 | ||
| R | 12,114 | 17,182 | 30,814 | ||
| R | 13,120 | 13,587 | 26,948 | ||
| R | 471 | 1,055 | 1,547 | ||
| R | 3,902 | 12,439 | 21,124 | ||
| D | 675 | 449 | 1,127 | ||
| R | 4,384 | 9,109 | 13,532 | ||
| R | 2,899 | 7,509 | 10,753 | ||
| R | 2,689 | 6,017 | 8,726 | ||
| R | 2,876 | 3,988 | 7,455 | ||
| D | 3,380 | 3,146 | 6,536 | ||
| D | 3,539 | 2,302 | 5,888 | ||
| D | 3,422 | 2,105 | 5,558 | ||
| D | 2,509 | 1,704 | 4,268 | ||
| R | 1,284 | 2,675 | 3,959 | ||
| D | 1,078 | 695 | 1,890 | ||
| D | 1,286 | 955 | 2,282 | ||
| D | 850 | 460 | 1,344 | ||
| D | 696 | 108 | 1,019 | ||
| D | 732 | 426 | 1,187 | ||
| D | 630 | 427 | 1,106 | ||
| R | 942 | 1,188 | 2,193 | ||
| R | 1,116 | 1,484 | 2,648 | ||
| D | 1,527 | 1,290 | 2,930 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
18.0%
German
12.2%
Irish
10.1%
American
9.6%
Italian
2.6%
Scottish
2.5%
Polish
1.7%
African American
5.2%
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: 43.5 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
$83,709
Roanoke County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Roanoke County$83,709
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Roanoke County ranks in the top 25% 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
7.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.5%
Working age (18–64)7.2%
Seniors (65+)9.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.2%
speak English only
Spanish3.3%
Other Indo-European2.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.0%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Roanoke County surrounds but does not include Roanoke City, a split that shapes its demographic profile toward suburban and exurban voters who have backed Republican presidential candidates by consistent double-digit margins for decades.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of forty-three points in 1956 at its widest — Roanoke County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-two points.
A median household income of $83,709 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 97,023 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New Kent County and Boone County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Roanoke County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Roanoke County, Virginia voted Republican by 22.4 points (R+22), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 57,048 votes cast, 21,693 went Democratic and 34,453 went Republican.
What is Roanoke County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Roanoke 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 12 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did Roanoke County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Roanoke County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Roanoke County, Virginia?
Roanoke County, Virginia has a population of 97,023 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Roanoke County, Virginia?
Median household income in Roanoke County, Virginia is $83,709 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Roanoke County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Roanoke County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.