† 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
GroupWaynesboroVirginiaUnited States
German14.2%10.1%12.5%
English13.4%12.0%9.5%
Irish13.0%9.1%9.4%
Italian4.8%3.9%4.8%
Scottish3.1%1.9%1.3%
American3.1%8.4%5.3%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.4%——
African American†11.7%15.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.2%0.3%0.4%
Mexican5.2%2.4%11.3%
Salvadoran2.0%2.1%0.7%
Puerto Rican1.0%1.4%1.8%
Venezuelan0.6%——
Spanish0.4%——
Honduran0.2%0.7%0.3%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Vietnamese1.7%0.7%0.6%
Filipino0.2%0.9%0.9%
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
Waynesboro
Virginia
United States
Median age
38.3
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.8%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Waynesboro
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$59,994
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.2%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.7%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Waynesboro
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.8%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.5%
7.9%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.7%
0.6%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Waynesboro
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.
Waynesboro, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−28.9%
2008
−10.2%
2012
−10.7%
2016
−11.2%
2020
−5.1%
2024
−5.7%
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
46.3%Harris5,208
52.0%Trump5,852
1.7%
R+5.7
R+0.6
R+4.3
11,254
R
46.3%Biden4,961
51.4%Trump5,507
2.3%
R+5.1
D+6.1
R+9.5
10,717
R
40.9%Clinton3,743
52.1%Trump4,771
6.9%
R+11.2
R+0.5
R+13.3
9,149
R
43.7%Obama3,830
54.4%Romney4,769
1.8%
R+10.7
R+0.5
R+14.6
8,759
R
44.0%Obama3,906
54.2%McCain4,815
1.8%
R+10.2
D+18.6
R+17.5
8,882
R
35.1%Kerry2,792
63.9%Bush5,092
1.0%
R+28.9
—
R+26.4
7,963
Waynesboro sits at the eastern foot of the Blue Ridge in Augusta County's orbit, and its working-class manufacturing base has tracked a broader rural Virginia realignment — Republican margins here have widened by double digits over the past four presidential cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 28.9 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.7 points.
A population of 22,841, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,994 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Klamath Falls and Clarksville.
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, Waynesboro, Virginia voted Republican by 5.7 points (R+5.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,254 votes cast, 5,208 went Democratic and 5,852 went Republican.
How many people live in Waynesboro, Virginia?
Waynesboro, Virginia has a population of 22,841 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Waynesboro, Virginia?
Median household income in Waynesboro, Virginia is $59,994 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Waynesboro, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Waynesboro, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
