Bath County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 2,583 votes cast

Trump · R+54

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−53.7%	588	1,976	2,583
2020	R	−47.5%	646	1,834	2,501
2016	R	−41.9%	603	1,548	2,253
2012	R	−17.1%	894	1,274	2,223
2008	R	−12.6%	1,043	1,349	2,432
2004	R	−26.5%	828	1,432	2,282
2000	R	−22.1%	822	1,311	2,210
1996	D	+3.7%	922	847	2,051
1992	R	−9.4%	855	1,075	2,330
1988	R	−18.1%	881	1,273	2,167
1984	R	−32.5%	727	1,434	2,175
1980	D	+3.9%	999	921	2,007
1976	D	+7.3%	1,029	888	1,932
1972	R	−40.6%	462	1,127	1,636
1968	R	−19.9%	494	872	1,897
1964	D	+19.8%	770	516	1,286
1960	R	−1.3%	629	646	1,277
1956	R	−20.6%	479	739	1,264
1952	R	−25.7%	451	765	1,221
1948	R	−12.0%	375	488	938
1944	D	+7.1%	581	504	1,089
1940	D	+8.9%	630	527	1,163
1936	D	+8.8%	614	514	1,130
1932	D	+21.2%	594	384	992
1928	R	−28.2%	409	731	1,140
1924	R	−0.4%	404	407	835
1920	R	−2.7%	343	362	710
1916	D	+27.5%	387	219	612
1912	D	+31.3%	329	159	544
1908	D	+18.4%	340	232	586
1904	D	+15.1%	325	239	569
1900	R	−3.6%	422	454	881
1896	D	+3.7%	508	471	988
1892	D	+20.6%	488	310	866
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

2.7%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 50.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

2.0%

3.6%

75–84

6.0%

7.6%

65–74

7.1%

10.9%

55–64

6.5%

5.4%

45–54

7.4%

5.3%

35–44

4.9%

3.7%

25–34

5.7%

2.3%

18–24

3.3%

6.8%

5–17

5.3%

3.1%

2.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$56,184

Bath County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Bath County$56,184

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

23.8%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Methodist

11.5%

Mainline Protestant

8.0%

Other Christian

6.2%

Baptist

6.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bath County's roughly 5,000 residents make it one of Virginia's smallest by population, and its rural Allegheny Highland geography has produced some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the state, hitting R+53.8 in 2024.

The Democratic margin in Bath County peaked at thirty-one points in 1912. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Bath County's median household income of $56,184 sits well below state and national norms, and 24% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jennings County and Butler County.

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Bath County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.