† 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
GroupVirginia BeachVirginiaUnited States
English12.0%12.0%9.5%
German11.3%10.1%12.5%
Irish11.1%9.1%9.4%
American7.7%8.4%5.3%
Italian5.8%3.9%4.8%
Scottish2.4%1.9%1.3%
Polish2.3%1.6%2.2%
French2.0%1.3%1.6%
African American†16.1%15.6%9.9%
African0.9%0.9%0.5%
Jamaican0.4%0.3%0.4%
Nigerian0.3%0.2%0.2%
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.2%——
West Indian0.2%——
Mexican2.6%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.5%1.4%1.8%
Spaniard0.5%——
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Honduran0.4%0.7%0.3%
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
Peruvian0.3%0.5%—
Venezuelan0.3%——
Filipino4.3%0.9%0.9%
Asian Indian0.9%1.8%1.4%
Chinese0.6%0.8%1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%0.7%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.8%0.4%
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
Virginia Beach
Virginia
United States
Median age
37.9
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.9%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Virginia Beach
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$92,968
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.6%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.9%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Virginia Beach
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.2%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.3%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
2.6%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.7%
0.6%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
1.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Virginia Beach
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.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−18.8%
2008
−0.7%
2012
−2.5%
2016
−3.5%
2020
+5.4%
2024
+2.6%
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
D
50.5%Harris115,405
47.8%Trump109,374
1.7%
D+2.6
R+2.8
D+4.1
228,674
D
51.6%Biden117,393
46.2%Trump105,087
2.2%
D+5.4
D+9.0
D+1.0
227,561
R
44.8%Clinton91,026
48.4%Trump98,223
6.8%
R+3.5
R+1.0
R+5.6
203,012
R
48.0%Obama94,312
50.5%Romney99,241
1.6%
R+2.5
R+1.8
R+6.4
196,603
R
49.2%Obama98,885
49.9%McCain100,319
0.9%
R+0.7
D+18.1
R+8.0
201,027
R
40.2%Kerry70,666
59.1%Bush103,752
0.7%
R+18.8
—
R+16.4
175,687
Home to the largest concentration of active-duty military personnel in the U.S., Virginia Beach has shifted from reliably Republican to a genuine battleground, with statewide candidates from both parties now treating it as a must-contest stop.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 5.4 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 18.8 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.6 points.
A population of 456,349, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,968 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chesapeake and Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance).
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, Virginia Beach voted Democratic by 2.6 points (D+2.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 228,674 votes cast, 115,405 went Democratic and 109,374 went Republican.
When did Virginia Beach last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Virginia Beach voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Virginia Beach?
Virginia Beach has a population of 456,349 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Virginia Beach?
Median household income in Virginia Beach is $92,968 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Virginia Beach?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Virginia Beach from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.
