Poquoson city, Virginia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+46%. Republican peak: R+70 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+46MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 12,6392024 5-year
- Median household income
- $120,9722024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Clay County, FL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Poquoson cityPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Poquoson 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) |
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| 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 | No data |
| 1956 | No data |
| 1960 | No data |
| 1964 | No data |
| 1968 | No data |
| 1972 | No data |
| 1976 | −12.2% |
| 1980 | −43.0% |
| 1984 | −69.8% |
| 1988 | −62.4% |
| 1992 | −41.7% |
| 1996 | −38.2% |
| 2000 | −48.2% |
| 2004 | −55.2% |
| 2008 | −49.3% |
| 2012 | −51.1% |
| 2016 | −48.6% |
| 2020 | −45.2% |
| 2024 | −45.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 2,119 | 5,800 | 8,065 | ||
| R | 2,054 | 5,605 | 7,857 | ||
| R | 1,601 | 5,092 | 7,177 | ||
| R | 1,679 | 5,312 | 7,106 | ||
| R | 1,748 | 5,229 | 7,065 | ||
| R | 1,424 | 5,004 | 6,480 | ||
| R | 1,448 | 4,271 | 5,861 | ||
| R | 1,409 | 3,422 | 5,276 | ||
| R | 1,086 | 3,354 | 5,437 | ||
| R | 877 | 3,840 | 4,751 | ||
| R | 647 | 3,667 | 4,328 | ||
| R | 877 | 2,338 | 3,399 | ||
| R | 1,140 | 1,461 | 2,640 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
20.7%
German
10.6%
Irish
9.5%
Italian
8.0%
American
7.0%
Polish
2.6%
Scottish
2.6%
African American
1.5%
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: 41.2 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
$120,972
Poquoson city ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Poquoson city$120,972
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Poquoson city 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
4.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.8%
Working age (18–64)3.6%
Seniors (65+)5.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.9%
Spanish1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Poquoson's roughly 11,500 residents—many tied to nearby Langley Air Force Base and the defense sector—have delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles, making it a consistent outlier even within a competitive state.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of seventy points in 1984 at its widest — Poquoson city has trended Democratic. The 2024 margin was forty-six points.
A median household income of $120,972 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 12,639 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clay County and Okaloosa County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Poquoson city, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Poquoson city, Virginia voted Republican by 45.6 points (R+46), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,065 votes cast, 2,119 went Democratic and 5,800 went Republican.
What is Poquoson city, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Poquoson 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 0 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in Poquoson city, Virginia?
Poquoson city, Virginia has a population of 12,639 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Poquoson city, Virginia?
Median household income in Poquoson city, Virginia is $120,972 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Poquoson city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Poquoson city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.