Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWaynesboro cityVirginiaUnited States
German13.7%10.1%12.5%
English13.0%12.0%9.5%
Irish12.6%9.1%9.4%
Italian4.6%3.9%4.8%
Scottish3.0%1.9%1.3%
American3.0%8.4%5.3%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.4%——
African American†10.7%15.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.2%0.3%0.4%
Mexican5.2%2.4%11.3%
Salvadoran2.0%2.1%0.7%
Puerto Rican1.0%1.4%1.8%
Venezuelan0.6%——
Spanish0.4%——
Honduran0.2%0.7%0.3%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Vietnamese1.6%0.7%0.6%
Filipino0.2%0.9%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Waynesboro city
Virginia
United States
Median age
38.3
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.8%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Waynesboro city
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$59,994
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.2%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.7%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Waynesboro city
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.8%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.5%
7.9%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.7%
0.6%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Waynesboro city
Virginia
United States
Catholic
19.6%
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
20.6%
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
32.2%
54.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
23.2%
8.4%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Waynesboro city, Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
8 precincts · 11,319 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Waynesboro city precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -002 - WARD B002 - WARD B
1,668
1,638
63
3,369
49.5%
48.6%
D+0.9
Precinct -004 - WARD D004 - WARD D
1,416
1,739
54
3,209
44.1%
54.2%
R+10.1
Precinct -003 - WARD C003 - WARD C
1,284
1,435
47
2,766
46.4%
51.9%
R+5.5
Precinct -001 - WARD A001 - WARD A
872
1,070
33
1,975
44.2%
54.2%
R+10.0
Ward A51820000001
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0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
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Ward C51820000003
0
0
0
0
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Ward D51820000004
0
0
0
0
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Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1948–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1948
+0.3%
1952
−39.4%
1956
−45.1%
1960
−39.8%
1964
+5.8%
1968
−34.5%
1972
−57.9%
1976
−22.3%
1980
−29.6%
1984
−47.5%
1988
−38.7%
1992
−20.4%
1996
−16.2%
2000
−19.0%
2004
−28.9%
2008
−10.3%
2012
−10.8%
2016
−11.3%
2020
−5.1%
2024
−5.7%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
46.3%Harris5,240
52.0%Trump5,882
0.6%Oliver69 +4
R+5.7
R+0.6
R+4.2
11,319
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican52.0%5,882
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic46.3%5,240
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%69
OtherAll other candidates0.4%45
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%33
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.3%30
Cornel R WestIndependent0.2%20
R
46.3%Biden4,961
51.4%Trump5,507
2.0%Jorgensen209
R+5.1
D+6.2
R+9.5
10,717
R
40.9%Clinton3,764
52.2%Trump4,801
3.7%Johnson336
R+11.3
R+0.5
R+13.4
9,204
R
43.7%Obama3,840
54.5%Romney4,790
1.8%
R+10.8
R+0.5
R+14.7
8,791
R
44.1%Obama3,906
54.3%McCain4,815
1.6%
R+10.3
D+18.6
R+17.5
8,860
R
35.1%Kerry2,792
63.9%Bush5,092
1.0%
R+28.9
R+9.9
R+26.4
7,963
R
38.5%Gore2,737
57.5%Bush4,084
3.3%Nader233
R+19.0
R+2.7
R+19.5
7,102
R
36.5%Clinton2,398
52.7%Dole3,466
7.0%Perot462
R+16.2
D+4.1
R+24.8
6,576
R
32.2%Clinton2,302
52.6%Bush3,758
13.4%Perot961
R+20.4
D+18.4
R+25.9
7,149
R
30.0%Dukakis2,038
68.7%Bush4,672
1.3%
R+38.7
D+8.7
R+31.0
6,799
R
26.0%Mondale1,579
73.4%Reagan4,465
0.6%
R+47.5
R+17.8
R+29.3
6,079
R
32.2%Carter1,926
61.8%Reagan3,697
5.9%
R+29.6
R+7.3
R+19.9
5,978
R
37.3%Carter2,209
59.6%Ford3,528
3.0%
R+22.3
D+35.6
R+24.4
5,915
R
19.8%McGovern1,061
77.8%Nixon4,163
2.4%
R+57.9
R+23.4
R+34.8
5,354
R
26.9%Humphrey1,446
61.4%Nixon3,301
11.7%
R+34.5
R+40.3
R+33.8
5,378
D
52.3%Johnson2,369
46.5%Goldwater2,107
1.2%
D+5.8
D+45.5
R+16.8
4,531
R
29.8%Kennedy1,047
69.6%Nixon2,444
0.6%
R+39.8
D+5.3
R+39.9
3,513
R
25.9%Stevenson748
71.0%Eisenhower2,049
3.1%
R+45.1
R+5.7
R+29.7
2,886
R
30.3%Stevenson730
69.6%Eisenhower1,680
0.1%
R+39.4
R+39.7
R+28.6
2,413
D
46.8%Truman839
46.4%Dewey833
6.8%
D+0.3
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1,794
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
49.7%5,521
50.3%5,598
11,119
2020
R
49.8%5,275
50.2%5,324
10,599
2018
D
49.9%3,849
48.2%3,713
7,711
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Waynesboro city, VA
Year
Total registered
2016
13,161
2018
13,360
2020
14,642
2022
15,436
2024
16,422
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+324 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +2,127 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $57,115 in average income, against $66,211 for residents who stayed — 14% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+11.7 on average — 6.1 points more Republican-leaning than Waynesboro city, VA itself (R+5.7).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Augusta County, VA320R+47.3
Albemarle County, VA135D+33.9
Staunton city, VA100D+13.3
Rockingham County, VA37R+36.8
Harrisonburg city, VA32D+25.2
Charlottesville city, VA30D+68.3
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Augusta County, VA330
Staunton city, VA91
Albemarle County, VA64
Rockingham County, VA30
Harrisonburg city, VA22
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Waynesboro city, VA in Waynesboro city, VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+55
2012
−97
2013
+55
2014
+19
2015
+172
2016
+111
2017
+350
2018
+116
2019
−60
2021
+274
2022
+133
2023
+311
2024
+364
2025
+324
Waynesboro sits at the eastern foot of the Blue Ridge near Augusta County but votes measurably more competitively than its surrounding rural neighbors, reflecting modest urban density and a manufacturing-to-service economic transition.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 5.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 57.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.7 points.
A population of 22,841, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,994 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Staunton city and Winchester city.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Waynesboro city, Virginia voted Republican by 5.7 points (R+5.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,319 votes cast, 5,240 went Democratic and 5,882 went Republican.
When did Waynesboro city, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Waynesboro city, Virginia voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Waynesboro city, Virginia?
Waynesboro city, Virginia has a population of 22,841 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Waynesboro city, Virginia?
Median household income in Waynesboro city, Virginia is $59,994 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Waynesboro city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Waynesboro city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
