† 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
GroupLortonVirginiaUnited States
African American†16.1%15.6%9.9%
Ethiopian4.8%0.5%—
African1.8%0.9%0.5%
Ghanaian1.2%0.2%—
Nigerian0.6%0.2%0.2%
Somali0.6%——
Sudanese0.6%——
Jamaican0.6%0.3%0.4%
English7.1%12.0%9.5%
German7.0%10.1%12.5%
Irish6.6%9.1%9.4%
Italian3.1%3.9%4.8%
American2.3%8.4%5.3%
Polish1.6%1.6%2.2%
Scottish1.3%1.9%1.3%
French1.1%1.3%1.6%
Asian Indian4.1%1.8%1.4%
Korean3.2%0.8%0.4%
Chinese2.5%0.8%1.3%
Vietnamese2.5%0.7%0.6%
Filipino1.3%0.9%0.9%
Pakistani1.2%0.5%—
Bangladeshi0.4%——
Nepalese0.4%——
Salvadoran3.0%2.1%0.7%
Mexican1.6%2.4%11.3%
Bolivian1.4%0.4%—
Guatemalan1.3%0.7%0.5%
Honduran1.2%0.7%0.3%
Peruvian1.1%0.5%—
Puerto Rican1.0%1.4%1.8%
Colombian0.5%0.3%0.4%
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
Lorton
Virginia
United States
Median age
35.9
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.1%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lorton
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$138,685
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.4%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
60.6%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lorton
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
43.9%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
10.3%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
10.1%
2.6%
2.0%
Arabic
4.8%
0.8%
0.4%
Other languages
9.9%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lorton
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.
Lorton, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+28.5%
2008
+40.9%
2012
+40.1%
2016
+46.2%
2020
+47.3%
2024
+35.5%
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
D
65.2%Harris5,650
29.8%Trump2,577
5.0%
D+35.5
R+11.8
D+37.0
8,660
D
72.6%Biden6,543
25.3%Trump2,281
2.1%
D+47.3
D+1.2
D+42.9
9,009
D
70.5%Clinton5,878
24.3%Trump2,030
5.1%
D+46.2
D+6.1
D+44.1
8,337
D
69.4%Obama5,603
29.3%Romney2,365
1.4%
D+40.1
R+0.9
D+36.2
8,079
D
70.1%Obama5,061
29.2%McCain2,107
0.7%
D+40.9
D+12.5
D+33.7
7,216
D
63.9%Kerry4,003
35.4%Bush2,218
0.7%
D+28.5
—
D+30.9
6,267
Lorton shed its century-old federal correctional identity after the prison closed in 2001, and the subsequent Laurel Hill redevelopment has drawn a diverse, largely renter-heavy population into one of Northern Virginia's faster-growing corridors.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.5 points.
A population of 20,991, a 28% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $138,685 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincolnia and Newington.
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, Lorton, Virginia voted Democratic by 35.5 points (D+35.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,660 votes cast, 5,650 went Democratic and 2,577 went Republican.
How many people live in Lorton, Virginia?
Lorton, Virginia has a population of 20,991 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lorton, Virginia?
Median household income in Lorton, Virginia is $138,685 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Lorton, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lorton, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
