Botetourt County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

10 precincts · 21,978 votes cast

Trump · R+45

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−45.0%	5,915	15,796	21,978
2020	R	−44.5%	5,700	15,099	21,120
2016	R	−47.4%	4,494	13,375	18,739
2012	R	−38.5%	5,452	12,479	18,241
2008	R	−33.2%	5,693	11,471	17,406
2004	R	−38.4%	4,801	10,865	15,797
2000	R	−30.6%	4,627	8,867	13,840
1996	R	−14.8%	4,576	6,404	12,380
1992	R	−12.7%	4,349	5,904	12,209
1988	R	−20.1%	3,763	5,687	9,591
1984	R	−29.2%	3,243	5,959	9,289
1980	R	−8.3%	3,698	4,408	8,602
1976	D	+9.0%	4,021	3,343	7,573
1972	R	−41.7%	1,519	3,806	5,481
1968	R	−25.8%	1,272	2,598	5,140
1964	D	+6.2%	2,377	2,098	4,476
1960	R	−14.2%	1,621	2,159	3,802
1956	R	−24.0%	1,377	2,280	3,758
1952	R	−23.0%	1,264	2,021	3,286
1948	R	−12.8%	1,026	1,363	2,631
1944	D	+0.1%	1,275	1,272	2,562
1940	D	+10.1%	1,329	1,085	2,422
1936	D	+6.9%	1,544	1,343	2,901
1932	D	+19.6%	1,808	1,209	3,058
1928	R	−13.5%	1,200	1,575	2,775
1924	D	+5.9%	1,427	1,264	2,754
1920	D	+3.5%	1,331	1,240	2,574
1916	D	+7.4%	900	775	1,691
1912	D	+23.1%	889	517	1,608
1908	D	+1.0%	808	792	1,611
1904	D	+10.2%	818	664	1,511
1900	D	+1.9%	1,382	1,329	2,736
1896	R	−3.8%	1,494	1,614	3,149
1892	D	+16.3%	1,681	1,196	2,984
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

2.1%

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: 48.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

1.8%

3.2%

75–84

4.3%

6.9%

65–74

7.0%

7.9%

55–64

8.1%

6.8%

45–54

6.6%

5.6%

35–44

5.5%

5.0%

25–34

4.6%

3.5%

18–24

3.3%

7.4%

5–17

7.0%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$81,213

Botetourt County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Botetourt County$81,213

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

6.2%

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

Baptist

28.3%

Other Christian

8.7%

Methodist

5.7%

Mainline Protestant

4.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Botetourt County, wedged between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains west of Roanoke, recorded an R+45.1 margin in 2024—among the largest in a state that has trended competitive statewide over the same period.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Botetourt County, by a eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-seven points in 2016. The 2024 margin was forty-five points.

The political shift has tracked, in Botetourt County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 91% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $81,213, and a 6% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Boyd County and Converse County.

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Botetourt County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.