† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
10 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupWheeling-SteubenvilleUnited States
German19.5%12.5%
Irish14.8%9.4%
English11.1%9.5%
Italian9.0%4.8%
American5.7%5.3%
Polish5.3%2.2%
Scottish1.9%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.0%—
African American†1.5%9.9%
African1.0%0.5%
Mexican0.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.8%
Spanish0.2%—
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
Wheeling-Steubenville
United States
Median age
45
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
23.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wheeling-Steubenville
United States
Median household income
$58,085
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wheeling-Steubenville
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.0%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wheeling-Steubenville
United States
Catholic
13.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.5%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.0%
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.
Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−0.3%
1896
−8.8%
1900
−11.5%
1904
−21.5%
1908
−6.4%
1912
+7.3%
1916
−3.0%
1920
−15.3%
1924
−25.5%
1928
−29.3%
1932
+8.6%
1936
+25.8%
1940
+14.4%
1944
+11.6%
1948
+16.3%
1952
+6.0%
1956
−9.2%
1960
+6.0%
1964
+39.9%
1968
+15.9%
1972
−20.2%
1976
+15.4%
1980
+6.4%
1984
+3.4%
1988
+14.8%
1992
+23.4%
1996
+23.6%
2000
+1.3%
2004
−1.8%
2008
−4.2%
2012
−14.0%
2016
−40.6%
2020
−42.5%
2024
−45.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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
26.5%Harris37,309
72.1%Trump101,513
0.5%Kennedy752 +5
R+45.6
R+3.1
R+44.2
140,729
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican72.1%101,513
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic26.5%37,309
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.5%752
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.3%481
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.2%237
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%231
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.1%188
OtherAll other candidates0.0%18
R
28.0%Biden42,114
70.5%Trump106,002
1.4%
R+42.5
R+1.9
R+47.0
150,283
R
26.5%Clinton37,917
67.1%Trump96,045
6.4%
R+40.6
R+26.6
R+42.7
143,092
R
41.3%Obama58,535
55.3%Romney78,335
3.4%
R+14.0
R+9.8
R+17.8
141,625
R
46.8%Obama70,318
51.0%McCain76,608
2.2%
R+4.2
R+2.3
R+11.5
150,214
R
48.8%Kerry76,731
50.6%Bush79,623
0.6%
R+1.8
R+3.2
D+0.6
157,373
D
48.1%Gore69,067
46.8%Bush67,165
5.1%
D+1.3
R+22.3
D+0.8
143,608
D
54.2%Clinton78,095
30.6%Dole44,098
15.3%
D+23.6
D+0.2
D+15.1
144,199
D
51.8%Clinton83,253
28.4%Bush45,717
19.8%
D+23.4
D+8.5
D+17.8
160,742
D
57.1%Dukakis87,809
42.3%Bush64,978
0.6%
D+14.8
D+11.4
D+22.6
153,775
D
51.4%Mondale87,669
48.0%Reagan81,856
0.6%
D+3.4
R+3.0
D+21.6
170,505
D
50.3%Carter82,585
43.9%Reagan72,080
5.8%
D+6.4
R+9.0
D+16.1
164,260
D
57.3%Carter97,987
41.9%Ford71,677
0.8%
D+15.4
D+35.6
D+13.3
171,049
R
39.6%McGovern69,092
59.8%Nixon104,421
0.7%
R+20.2
R+36.1
D+2.9
174,664
D
53.5%Humphrey97,189
37.7%Nixon68,395
8.8%
D+15.9
R+24.0
D+16.6
181,513
D
69.9%Johnson136,438
30.1%Goldwater58,640
0.0%
D+39.9
D+33.9
D+17.3
195,078
D
53.0%Kennedy110,075
47.0%Nixon97,614
0.0%
D+6.0
D+15.2
D+5.8
207,689
R
45.4%Stevenson88,480
54.6%Eisenhower106,351
0.0%
R+9.2
R+15.1
D+6.2
194,831
D
53.0%Stevenson107,581
47.0%Eisenhower95,464
0.0%
D+6.0
R+10.3
D+16.7
203,045
D
57.6%Truman100,199
41.3%Dewey71,810
1.2%
D+16.3
D+4.7
D+11.8
174,042
D
55.8%Roosevelt99,317
44.2%Dewey78,663
0.0%
D+11.6
R+2.8
D+4.1
177,980
D
57.2%Roosevelt119,989
42.8%Willkie89,741
0.0%
D+14.4
R+11.4
D+4.5
209,730
D
62.6%Roosevelt123,396
36.8%Landon72,498
0.7%
D+25.8
D+17.2
D+1.5
197,256
D
52.9%Roosevelt89,973
44.4%Hoover75,409
2.7%
D+8.6
D+37.9
R+9.2
170,017
R
34.8%Smith53,626
64.1%Hoover98,841
1.0%
R+29.3
R+3.8
R+11.9
154,081
R
31.4%Davis41,477
56.9%Coolidge75,216
11.7%
R+25.5
R+10.3
R+0.3
132,205
R
41.0%Cox52,266
56.2%Harding71,721
2.8%
R+15.3
R+12.3
D+10.9
127,571
R
46.1%Wilson33,750
49.1%Hughes35,919
4.8%
R+3.0
R+10.2
R+6.1
73,180
D
39.2%Wilson27,059
31.9%Taft22,049
28.9%
D+7.3
D+13.7
R+12.3
69,088
R
44.4%Bryan33,571
50.9%Taft38,445
4.7%
R+6.4
D+15.1
D+3.1
75,571
R
36.4%Parker24,806
57.9%Roosevelt39,480
5.8%
R+21.5
R+10.0
R+1.8
68,218
R
43.1%Bryan29,532
54.6%McKinley37,407
2.2%
R+11.5
R+2.7
R+4.0
68,462
R
44.9%Bryan29,441
53.7%McKinley35,211
1.5%
R+8.8
R+8.5
R+2.7
65,626
R
46.9%Cleveland26,793
47.2%Harrison26,986
5.9%
R+0.3
—
R+2.0
57,140
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+12.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+45.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 33 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Wheeling-Steubenville
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2026 (partial)
96,100
28,536
40,851
22,056
4,657
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+206 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −10,345 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Wheeling-Steubenville in Wheeling-Steubenville: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−585
2012
−589
2013
−389
2014
−913
2015
−1,044
2016
−1,926
2017
−1,964
2018
−1,292
2019
−1,128
2021
−122
2022
−740
2023
−46
2024
+187
2025
+206
This media market spans the northern West Virginia panhandle and eastern Ohio, where decades of deindustrialization have driven some of the steepest Democratic-to-Republican vote shifts recorded in Appalachian media markets since 2008.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 45.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.6 points.
A population of 301,349, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,085 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clarksburg-Weston and Charleston-Huntington.
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How did Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia voted Republican by 45.6 points (R+45.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 140,729 votes cast, 37,309 went Democratic and 101,513 went Republican.
When did Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia?
Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia has a population of 301,349 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia?
Median household income in Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia is $58,085 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Wheeling-Steubenville, West Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
