Rockingham County, Virginia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+37%. Republican peak: R+57 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+37MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 85,6002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,6932024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Rankin County, MS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Rockingham CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Rockingham 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 | +9.1% |
| 1896 | −7.9% |
| 1900 | +5.1% |
| 1904 | +5.2% |
| 1908 | +4.6% |
| 1912 | +25.8% |
| 1916 | +10.9% |
| 1920 | −8.6% |
| 1924 | +1.4% |
| 1928 | −46.3% |
| 1932 | +10.9% |
| 1936 | +1.4% |
| 1940 | −6.4% |
| 1944 | −27.6% |
| 1948 | −29.7% |
| 1952 | −46.4% |
| 1956 | −45.1% |
| 1960 | −40.8% |
| 1964 | −9.8% |
| 1968 | −48.4% |
| 1972 | −56.6% |
| 1976 | −28.0% |
| 1980 | −34.2% |
| 1984 | −52.0% |
| 1988 | −46.7% |
| 1992 | −35.4% |
| 1996 | −37.6% |
| 2000 | −48.5% |
| 2004 | −49.5% |
| 2008 | −36.0% |
| 2012 | −40.5% |
| 2016 | −44.3% |
| 2020 | −40.4% |
| 2024 | −36.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 15,035 | 33,033 | 48,853 | ||
| R | 12,644 | 30,349 | 43,811 | ||
| R | 9,366 | 25,990 | 37,487 | ||
| R | 10,065 | 24,186 | 34,866 | ||
| R | 10,453 | 22,468 | 33,334 | ||
| R | 7,273 | 21,737 | 29,216 | ||
| R | 5,834 | 17,482 | 23,994 | ||
| R | 5,867 | 14,035 | 21,707 | ||
| R | 5,407 | 13,016 | 21,493 | ||
| R | 4,716 | 13,241 | 18,241 | ||
| R | 4,220 | 13,480 | 17,807 | ||
| R | 5,294 | 11,397 | 17,859 | ||
| R | 5,349 | 9,768 | 15,789 | ||
| R | 5,318 | 19,920 | 25,778 | ||
| R | 2,111 | 7,779 | 11,715 | ||
| R | 8,808 | 10,714 | 19,536 | ||
| R | 2,026 | 4,829 | 6,872 | ||
| R | 1,605 | 4,324 | 6,027 | ||
| R | 1,591 | 4,350 | 5,950 | ||
| R | 1,680 | 3,219 | 5,182 | ||
| R | 2,104 | 3,714 | 5,839 | ||
| R | 2,569 | 2,922 | 5,544 | ||
| D | 2,916 | 2,834 | 5,794 | ||
| D | 2,750 | 2,194 | 5,107 | ||
| R | 1,402 | 3,822 | 5,224 | ||
| D | 2,040 | 1,982 | 4,132 | ||
| R | 2,068 | 2,464 | 4,588 | ||
| D | 1,650 | 1,322 | 3,012 | ||
| D | 1,761 | 937 | 3,191 | ||
| D | 1,736 | 1,580 | 3,427 | ||
| D | 1,604 | 1,441 | 3,136 | ||
| D | 2,852 | 2,572 | 5,527 | ||
| R | 2,998 | 3,524 | 6,649 | ||
| D | 3,293 | 2,724 | 6,236 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.2%
English
12.2%
American
7.7%
Irish
6.8%
Italian
2.7%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.2%
African American
1.9%
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: 40.1 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
$80,693
Rockingham County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Rockingham County$80,693
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Rockingham 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
9.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.0%
Working age (18–64)9.5%
Seniors (65+)9.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.8%
speak English only
Spanish6.8%
Other Indo-European2.5%
Other languages0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Rockingham County's heavily rural, agricultural character — anchored by Harrisonburg's edge — produces Republican presidential margins exceeding 37 points, placing it among the most reliably one-sided counties in a otherwise competitive state.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-seven points in 1972 at its widest — Rockingham County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-seven points.
A median household income of $80,693 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 85,600 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rankin County and Hancock County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Rockingham County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rockingham County, Virginia voted Republican by 36.8 points (R+37), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 48,853 votes cast, 15,035 went Democratic and 33,033 went Republican.
What is Rockingham County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Rockingham 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 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Rockingham County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Rockingham County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Rockingham County, Virginia?
Rockingham County, Virginia has a population of 85,600 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rockingham County, Virginia?
Median household income in Rockingham County, Virginia is $80,693 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Rockingham County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Rockingham County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.