† 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
GroupChristiansburgVirginiaUnited States
American15.4%8.4%5.3%
English13.2%12.0%9.5%
German13.0%10.1%12.5%
Irish9.9%9.1%9.4%
Italian3.6%3.9%4.8%
Scottish2.7%1.9%1.3%
Polish2.4%1.6%2.2%
Scotch-Irish1.4%——
African American†5.3%15.6%9.9%
African0.3%0.9%0.5%
Mexican1.5%2.4%11.3%
Colombian0.5%0.3%0.4%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.4%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
Chinese1.1%0.8%1.3%
Asian Indian1.0%1.8%1.4%
Korean0.5%0.8%0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.7%0.6%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
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
Christiansburg
Virginia
United States
Median age
39.2
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.2%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Christiansburg
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$77,147
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.7%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
44.7%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Christiansburg
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.4%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
2.6%
2.0%
Korean
1.3%
0.7%
0.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Christiansburg
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.
Christiansburg, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−25.5%
2008
−11.8%
2012
−14.2%
2016
−17.1%
2020
−7.7%
2024
−4.8%
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
46.5%Harris6,543
51.3%Trump7,216
2.2%
R+4.8
D+2.9
R+3.3
14,062
R
44.8%Biden5,675
52.5%Trump6,647
2.8%
R+7.7
D+9.4
R+12.1
12,672
R
37.8%Clinton4,271
54.9%Trump6,203
7.3%
R+17.1
R+2.9
R+19.2
11,301
R
41.6%Obama4,433
55.8%Romney5,947
2.7%
R+14.2
R+2.4
R+18.0
10,666
R
43.4%Obama4,439
55.2%McCain5,648
1.4%
R+11.8
D+13.7
R+19.1
10,234
R
36.7%Kerry2,984
62.2%Bush5,057
1.1%
R+25.5
—
R+23.0
8,131
Christiansburg has grown steadily as a bedroom community for Virginia Tech and the broader Blacksburg metro, giving it a more competitive electoral profile than the surrounding rural precincts of Montgomery County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 25.5 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.8 points.
A population of 22,720, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,147 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Goodlettsville and Westminster.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities 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, Christiansburg, Virginia voted Republican by 4.8 points (R+4.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,062 votes cast, 6,543 went Democratic and 7,216 went Republican.
How many people live in Christiansburg, Virginia?
Christiansburg, Virginia has a population of 22,720 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Christiansburg, Virginia?
Median household income in Christiansburg, Virginia is $77,147 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Christiansburg, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Christiansburg, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
