† 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
GroupCulpeperVirginiaUnited States
English10.6%12.0%9.5%
German7.8%10.1%12.5%
Irish6.7%9.1%9.4%
American5.5%8.4%5.3%
Italian3.1%3.9%4.8%
Polish2.0%1.6%2.2%
French1.3%1.3%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.3%——
Salvadoran6.6%2.1%0.7%
Mexican5.9%2.4%11.3%
Guatemalan5.9%0.7%0.5%
Puerto Rican2.5%1.4%1.8%
Honduran1.4%0.7%0.3%
Cuban0.7%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.5%——
Peruvian0.5%0.5%—
African American†15.5%15.6%9.9%
Nigerian0.6%0.2%0.2%
African0.3%0.9%0.5%
Ghanaian0.3%0.2%—
West Indian0.3%——
Chinese0.6%0.8%1.3%
Pakistani0.4%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
Culpeper
Virginia
United States
Median age
32.5
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
11.0%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.1%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Culpeper
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$94,721
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.8%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.7%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Culpeper
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
25.1%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
20.8%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.7%
2.6%
2.0%
Other languages
1.4%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Culpeper
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.
Culpeper, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−8.4%
2008
+11.9%
2012
+6.7%
2016
+0.1%
2020
+5.8%
2024
+0.0%
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
O
49.0%Harris4,119
49.0%Trump4,119
2.1%
Tied
R+5.8
D+1.5
8,413
D
52.0%Biden4,200
46.2%Trump3,728
1.8%
D+5.8
D+5.8
D+1.4
8,076
D
47.3%Clinton3,103
47.2%Trump3,098
5.5%
D+0.1
R+6.6
R+2.0
6,560
D
52.5%Obama3,172
45.8%Romney2,766
1.7%
D+6.7
R+5.2
D+2.9
6,041
D
55.4%Obama3,002
43.5%McCain2,355
1.1%
D+11.9
D+20.4
D+4.7
5,417
R
45.6%Kerry1,860
54.1%Bush2,204
0.3%
R+8.4
—
R+6.0
4,077
Culpeper has grown roughly 40% since 2000 as Washington-area commuters push into the Virginia Piedmont, shifting its electorate toward the competitive margins that define many fast-growing small cities in the state's interior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.9 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 8.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was a true tie.
A population of 20,794, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $94,721 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fort Lewis and Plano.
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, Culpeper, Virginia voted a near-tie (Tied), carried by a third-party candidate. Out of 8,413 votes cast, 4,119 went Democratic and 4,119 went Republican.
How many people live in Culpeper, Virginia?
Culpeper, Virginia has a population of 20,794 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Culpeper, Virginia?
Median household income in Culpeper, Virginia is $94,721 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Culpeper, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Culpeper, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 1 went Republican.
