† 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
GroupHollinsVirginiaUnited States
English16.2%12.0%9.5%
German11.0%10.1%12.5%
Irish9.1%9.1%9.4%
American8.7%8.4%5.3%
Italian2.3%3.9%4.8%
Scottish2.2%1.9%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.8%——
Polish1.5%1.6%2.2%
African American†10.7%15.6%9.9%
African1.5%0.9%0.5%
Haitian0.4%—0.3%
Mexican1.3%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.4%1.8%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.7%0.3%
Salvadoran0.2%2.1%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Spaniard0.2%——
Asian Indian2.2%1.8%1.4%
Chinese0.8%0.8%1.3%
Vietnamese0.8%0.7%0.6%
Filipino0.3%0.9%0.9%
Nepalese0.3%——
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
Hollins
Virginia
United States
Median age
43
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.2%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hollins
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$77,456
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.8%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.1%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hollins
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.6%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
2.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.5%
0.7%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.4%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hollins
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.
Hollins, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−27.9%
2008
−18.3%
2012
−17.9%
2016
−22.2%
2020
−16.3%
2024
−17.6%
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
40.5%Harris3,378
58.1%Trump4,849
1.4%
R+17.6
R+1.3
R+16.2
8,343
R
40.8%Biden3,500
57.2%Trump4,901
2.0%
R+16.3
D+5.9
R+20.8
8,570
R
36.2%Clinton2,832
58.4%Trump4,574
5.4%
R+22.2
R+4.3
R+24.3
7,830
R
40.2%Obama3,124
58.1%Romney4,516
1.7%
R+17.9
D+0.4
R+21.8
7,774
R
40.3%Obama3,086
58.6%McCain4,489
1.1%
R+18.3
D+9.6
R+25.6
7,663
R
35.6%Kerry2,515
63.5%Bush4,489
0.9%
R+27.9
—
R+25.5
7,071
Hollins CDP sits in Roanoke County adjacent to Hollins University, giving this unincorporated community a younger, more educated demographic profile than its surrounding rural-leaning precincts typically reflect.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 27.9 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.6 points.
A population of 17,097, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,456 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Salem and Halls.
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, Hollins, Virginia voted Republican by 17.6 points (R+17.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,343 votes cast, 3,378 went Democratic and 4,849 went Republican.
How many people live in Hollins, Virginia?
Hollins, Virginia has a population of 17,097 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hollins, Virginia?
Median household income in Hollins, Virginia is $77,456 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Hollins, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hollins, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
