Wythe County, Virginia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+59%. Republican peak: R+59 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+59MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 28,1882024 5-year
- Median household income
- $57,7452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Ripley County, IN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wythe CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wythe 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 | +18.1% |
| 1896 | −5.5% |
| 1900 | −9.2% |
| 1904 | −13.0% |
| 1908 | −22.0% |
| 1912 | +19.9% |
| 1916 | −1.3% |
| 1920 | −17.8% |
| 1924 | −2.5% |
| 1928 | −25.2% |
| 1932 | +8.0% |
| 1936 | −14.2% |
| 1940 | +5.8% |
| 1944 | −10.9% |
| 1948 | −33.0% |
| 1952 | −36.7% |
| 1956 | −32.4% |
| 1960 | −15.9% |
| 1964 | +5.2% |
| 1968 | −26.9% |
| 1972 | −34.5% |
| 1976 | −7.9% |
| 1980 | −12.3% |
| 1984 | −38.3% |
| 1988 | −28.5% |
| 1992 | −14.3% |
| 1996 | −11.7% |
| 2000 | −30.1% |
| 2004 | −37.5% |
| 2008 | −32.8% |
| 2012 | −36.7% |
| 2016 | −54.6% |
| 2020 | −57.0% |
| 2024 | −59.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,075 | 12,267 | 15,475 | ||
| R | 3,143 | 11,733 | 15,072 | ||
| R | 2,770 | 10,046 | 13,328 | ||
| R | 3,783 | 8,324 | 12,358 | ||
| R | 4,107 | 8,207 | 12,491 | ||
| R | 3,581 | 7,911 | 11,554 | ||
| R | 3,462 | 6,539 | 10,225 | ||
| R | 3,275 | 4,274 | 8,549 | ||
| R | 3,616 | 5,121 | 10,492 | ||
| R | 3,201 | 5,827 | 9,225 | ||
| R | 2,996 | 6,773 | 9,866 | ||
| R | 3,677 | 4,758 | 8,766 | ||
| R | 3,578 | 4,231 | 8,241 | ||
| R | 1,113 | 2,331 | 3,532 | ||
| R | 1,765 | 3,638 | 6,963 | ||
| D | 1,312 | 1,181 | 2,499 | ||
| R | 2,075 | 2,871 | 4,993 | ||
| R | 1,766 | 3,484 | 5,307 | ||
| R | 1,654 | 3,580 | 5,246 | ||
| R | 976 | 2,077 | 3,336 | ||
| R | 1,465 | 1,822 | 3,287 | ||
| D | 1,695 | 1,507 | 3,215 | ||
| R | 2,089 | 2,781 | 4,878 | ||
| D | 1,866 | 1,589 | 3,484 | ||
| R | 1,516 | 2,540 | 4,056 | ||
| R | 1,899 | 1,996 | 3,946 | ||
| R | 1,465 | 2,104 | 3,582 | ||
| R | 1,334 | 1,370 | 2,710 | ||
| D | 1,110 | 633 | 2,399 | ||
| R | 950 | 1,487 | 2,437 | ||
| R | 1,065 | 1,384 | 2,458 | ||
| R | 1,607 | 1,932 | 3,547 | ||
| R | 1,683 | 1,882 | 3,645 | ||
| D | 1,838 | 1,243 | 3,293 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
29.4%
English
13.1%
German
10.8%
Irish
7.5%
Italian
1.3%
Scottish
1.0%
Polish
0.7%
African American
1.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 46.0 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
$57,745
Wythe County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Wythe County$57,745
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Wythe County ranks near the middle 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
15.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.6%
Working age (18–64)13.4%
Seniors (65+)17.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wythe County sits in the Ridge and Valley region of southwest Virginia, where a heavily rural, working-class population has shifted decisively toward Republican candidates over the past two decades, posting a 59.5-point margin in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-nine points.
A median household income of $57,745, a 15% poverty rate, and a 93% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ripley County and Franklin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wythe County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wythe County, Virginia voted Republican by 59.4 points (R+59), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,475 votes cast, 3,075 went Democratic and 12,267 went Republican.
What is Wythe County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Wythe County, Virginia in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 5 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Wythe County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wythe County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wythe County, Virginia?
Wythe County, Virginia has a population of 28,188 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wythe County, Virginia?
Median household income in Wythe County, Virginia is $57,745 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Wythe County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wythe County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.