Goochland County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 19,742 votes cast

Trump · R+18

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−18.5%	7,875	11,521	19,742
2020	R	−19.4%	6,685	9,966	16,950
2016	R	−24.9%	4,889	8,384	14,037
2012	R	−28.3%	4,676	8,448	13,315
2008	R	−22.5%	4,813	7,643	12,562
2004	R	−29.8%	3,583	6,668	10,338
2000	R	−24.8%	3,197	5,378	8,777
1996	R	−18.0%	2,784	4,119	7,425
1992	R	−16.6%	2,589	3,834	7,479
1988	R	−25.9%	2,209	3,765	6,013
1984	R	−21.8%	2,178	3,404	5,617
1980	R	−2.7%	2,290	2,423	4,877
1976	D	+3.5%	2,259	2,104	4,455
1972	R	−25.0%	1,254	2,127	3,488
1968	D	+5.0%	1,389	1,216	3,461
1964	D	+7.8%	1,452	1,241	2,697
1960	D	+0.6%	862	851	1,749
1956	R	−16.1%	508	748	1,493
1952	D	+6.8%	820	714	1,548
1948	D	+34.3%	683	292	1,140
1944	D	+49.8%	691	230	925
1940	D	+63.7%	820	180	1,004
1936	D	+47.1%	638	228	870
1932	D	+57.2%	629	166	810
1928	D	+15.1%	431	318	749
1924	D	+38.5%	394	164	598
1920	D	+28.6%	384	212	602
1916	D	+36.0%	413	193	611
1912	D	+39.7%	322	114	524
1908	D	+8.8%	294	246	546
1904	D	+4.4%	298	273	571
1900	R	−18.5%	602	876	1,478
1896	R	−13.9%	676	897	1,586
1892	R	−11.0%	626	790	1,488
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%

English

1.0%

African American

11.0%

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

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: 50.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.4%

3.7%

75–84

4.2%

7.4%

65–74

7.7%

8.4%

55–64

8.9%

7.3%

45–54

6.7%

5.5%

35–44

5.1%

4.5%

25–34

5.3%

3.6%

18–24

3.4%

6.7%

5–17

5.6%

2.3%

1.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$118,931

Goochland County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.

Goochland County$118,931

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

5.1%

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

16.5%

Non-Christian

8.9%

Mainline Protestant

8.0%

Methodist

6.1%

Other Christian

5.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Goochland sits just west of Richmond's suburbs but remains sparsely settled, with a median household income well above the state average. Its 2024 presidential margin of R+18.6 reflects a pattern of exurban consolidation around a relatively affluent, predominantly white electorate.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Goochland County, by a three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty points in 2004. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Goochland County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 78% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $118,931, and a 5% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cherokee County and Rockwall County.

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