† 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
20042024
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
GroupChincoteagueVirginiaUnited States
American54.9%8.4%5.3%
English18.3%12.0%9.5%
Irish12.2%9.1%9.4%
German12.1%10.1%12.5%
Italian3.9%3.9%4.8%
Polish3.3%1.6%2.2%
Scottish1.7%1.9%1.3%
French1.2%1.3%1.6%
Mexican0.7%2.4%11.3%
Guatemalan0.3%0.7%0.5%
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
Chincoteague
Virginia
United States
Median age
57.4
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.2%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
37.6%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Chincoteague
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$62,917
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.2%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.0%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Chincoteague
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.2%
17.5%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Chincoteague
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
54.3%
51.5%
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.
Chincoteague, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−46.2%
2008
−35.1%
2012
−37.8%
2016
−42.5%
2020
−32.2%
2024
−28.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
35.3%Harris740
64.0%Trump1,342
0.7%
R+28.7
D+3.5
R+27.2
2,097
R
33.3%Biden676
65.5%Trump1,329
1.2%
R+32.2
D+10.3
R+36.6
2,029
R
27.2%Clinton502
69.7%Trump1,285
3.1%
R+42.5
R+4.7
R+44.6
1,844
R
30.6%Obama544
68.3%Romney1,216
1.1%
R+37.8
R+2.6
R+41.6
1,780
R
31.7%Obama595
66.9%McCain1,254
1.4%
R+35.1
D+11.0
R+42.4
1,875
R
26.2%Kerry447
72.4%Bush1,233
1.4%
R+46.2
—
R+43.7
1,703
Chincoteague's year-round electorate skews older and working-class, buffered from mainland Virginia's suburban growth by the Chincoteague Bay — a geographic isolation that tends to reinforce conservative-leaning voting patterns in state and federal races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 46.2 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.7 points.
A population of 3,296, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,917 describe the city.
In 2024, Chincoteague, Virginia voted Republican by 28.7 points (R+28.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,097 votes cast, 740 went Democratic and 1,342 went Republican.
How many people live in Chincoteague, Virginia?
Chincoteague, Virginia has a population of 3,296 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chincoteague, Virginia?
Median household income in Chincoteague, Virginia is $62,917 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Chincoteague, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Chincoteague, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
