Colonial Heights city, Virginia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+32%. Republican peak: R+68 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,3522024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,5052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hanover County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Colonial Heights cityPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Colonial Heights city, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | No data |
| 1928 | No data |
| 1932 | No data |
| 1936 | No data |
| 1940 | No data |
| 1944 | No data |
| 1948 | No data |
| 1952 | −3.5% |
| 1956 | −3.7% |
| 1960 | −6.7% |
| 1964 | +8.1% |
| 1968 | −36.9% |
| 1972 | −20.2% |
| 1976 | −27.1% |
| 1980 | −47.0% |
| 1984 | −67.7% |
| 1988 | −57.9% |
| 1992 | −42.6% |
| 1996 | −41.0% |
| 2000 | −43.9% |
| 2004 | −49.4% |
| 2008 | −40.7% |
| 2012 | −39.4% |
| 2016 | −39.2% |
| 2020 | −33.2% |
| 2024 | −32.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,982 | 5,883 | 8,964 | ||
| R | 2,972 | 6,007 | 9,146 | ||
| R | 2,367 | 5,681 | 8,457 | ||
| R | 2,544 | 5,941 | 8,624 | ||
| R | 2,562 | 6,161 | 8,849 | ||
| R | 2,061 | 6,129 | 8,231 | ||
| R | 2,100 | 5,519 | 7,782 | ||
| R | 1,782 | 4,632 | 6,953 | ||
| R | 1,721 | 5,298 | 8,400 | ||
| R | 1,581 | 6,001 | 7,638 | ||
| R | 1,218 | 6,387 | 7,630 | ||
| R | 1,692 | 5,012 | 7,063 | ||
| R | 2,409 | 4,291 | 6,934 | ||
| R | 5,240 | 7,935 | 13,353 | ||
| R | 650 | 2,650 | 5,413 | ||
| D | 5,205 | 4,415 | 9,704 | ||
| R | 1,198 | 1,372 | 2,581 | ||
| R | 956 | 1,037 | 2,172 | ||
| R | 835 | 896 | 1,732 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.1%
German
10.8%
Irish
8.7%
American
8.1%
Italian
2.7%
Scottish
1.9%
Polish
1.8%
African American
15.4%
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: 38.2 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
$76,505
Colonial Heights city ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Colonial Heights city$76,505
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Colonial Heights city 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
7.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.0%
Working age (18–64)7.8%
Seniors (65+)5.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.8%
speak English only
Spanish4.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Other languages1.0%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 0.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Colonial Heights, one of Virginia's 38 independent cities, sits along the Appomattox River just south of Petersburg and has backed Republican presidential candidates by double digits in every cycle this century, with its 2024 margin reaching 32.5 points.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty-eight points in 1984 at its widest — Colonial Heights city has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-two points.
A median household income of $76,505 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 18,352 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hanover County and Lexington County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Colonial Heights city, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Colonial Heights city, Virginia voted Republican by 32.4 points (R+32), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,964 votes cast, 2,982 went Democratic and 5,883 went Republican.
What is Colonial Heights city, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Colonial Heights city, 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 1 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Colonial Heights city, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Colonial Heights city, Virginia voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Colonial Heights city, Virginia?
Colonial Heights city, Virginia has a population of 18,352 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Colonial Heights city, Virginia?
Median household income in Colonial Heights city, Virginia is $76,505 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Colonial Heights city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Colonial Heights city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.