Tyler County, West Virginia: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+67%. Republican peak: R+67 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+67MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,0642024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,6932024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 1996MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Iberia Parish, LA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Tyler CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Tyler 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 | −13.1% |
| 1896 | −14.8% |
| 1900 | +15.6% |
| 1904 | −25.2% |
| 1908 | −20.8% |
| 1912 | +15.2% |
| 1916 | −17.1% |
| 1920 | −34.3% |
| 1924 | −22.7% |
| 1928 | −41.4% |
| 1932 | −18.0% |
| 1936 | −23.2% |
| 1940 | −36.5% |
| 1944 | −41.2% |
| 1948 | −33.3% |
| 1952 | −39.2% |
| 1956 | −47.2% |
| 1960 | −38.8% |
| 1964 | −5.1% |
| 1968 | −34.7% |
| 1972 | −49.9% |
| 1976 | −16.1% |
| 1980 | −28.0% |
| 1984 | −38.8% |
| 1988 | −22.3% |
| 1992 | −0.1% |
| 1996 | +26.1% |
| 2000 | −34.8% |
| 2004 | −32.9% |
| 2008 | −31.4% |
| 2012 | −43.3% |
| 2016 | −67.4% |
| 2020 | −66.1% |
| 2024 | −67.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 554 | 2,991 | 3,617 | ||
| R | 631 | 3,226 | 3,923 | ||
| R | 507 | 2,996 | 3,692 | ||
| R | 890 | 2,314 | 3,285 | ||
| R | 1,241 | 2,415 | 3,741 | ||
| R | 1,401 | 2,798 | 4,245 | ||
| R | 1,214 | 2,582 | 3,928 | ||
| D | 1,459 | 734 | 2,780 | ||
| R | 1,587 | 1,593 | 4,203 | ||
| R | 1,501 | 2,365 | 3,874 | ||
| R | 1,395 | 3,170 | 4,575 | ||
| R | 1,482 | 2,707 | 4,382 | ||
| R | 1,817 | 2,514 | 4,331 | ||
| R | 1,125 | 3,362 | 4,487 | ||
| R | 1,324 | 2,897 | 4,534 | ||
| R | 2,275 | 2,522 | 4,797 | ||
| R | 1,558 | 3,537 | 5,095 | ||
| R | 1,318 | 3,671 | 4,989 | ||
| R | 1,523 | 3,488 | 5,011 | ||
| R | 1,579 | 3,160 | 4,753 | ||
| R | 1,428 | 3,429 | 4,857 | ||
| R | 2,026 | 4,354 | 6,380 | ||
| R | 2,509 | 4,031 | 6,559 | ||
| R | 2,582 | 3,734 | 6,390 | ||
| R | 1,591 | 3,881 | 5,533 | ||
| R | 2,137 | 3,425 | 5,672 | ||
| R | 1,762 | 3,654 | 5,509 | ||
| R | 1,336 | 1,900 | 3,304 | ||
| O | 1,193 | 706 | 3,198 | ||
| R | 1,355 | 2,113 | 3,650 | ||
| R | 1,332 | 2,308 | 3,868 | ||
| D | 2,514 | 1,831 | 4,380 | ||
| R | 1,799 | 2,430 | 4,258 | ||
| R | 1,106 | 1,449 | 2,624 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.6%
American
15.2%
German
13.9%
Irish
13.0%
Scottish
2.3%
Italian
2.0%
French
1.8%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 48.8 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
$63,693
Tyler County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Tyler County$63,693
West Virginia$59,608
United States$80,734
Tyler 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
20.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.8%
Working age (18–64)17.3%
Seniors (65+)17.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.0%
speak English only
Spanish0.5%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Tyler County, a rural oil-and-gas corridor along the Little Kanawha River, recorded an R+67.4 presidential margin in 2024 — among the steepest in a state that has shifted sharply rightward over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-seven points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-seven points.
A population of 8,064, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,693 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Iberia Parish and Bourbon County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Tyler County, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tyler County, West Virginia voted Republican by 67.4 points (R+67), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,617 votes cast, 554 went Democratic and 2,991 went Republican.
What is Tyler County, West Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Tyler County, West Virginia in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 2 times, Republican 31 times, and other 1 times.
When did Tyler County, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tyler County, West Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Tyler County, West Virginia?
Tyler County, West Virginia has a population of 8,064 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tyler County, West Virginia?
Median household income in Tyler County, West Virginia is $63,693 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Tyler County, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Tyler County, West Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.