Isle of Wight County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

17 precincts · 24,762 votes cast

Trump · R+20

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−19.7%	9,779	14,659	24,762
2020	R	−18.4%	9,399	13,707	23,456
2016	R	−20.5%	7,881	12,204	21,075
2012	R	−14.6%	8,761	11,802	20,827
2008	R	−13.4%	8,573	11,258	19,997
2004	R	−25.6%	5,871	9,929	15,871
2000	R	−18.7%	5,162	7,587	12,950
1996	R	−4.1%	4,952	5,416	11,369
1992	R	−8.7%	4,380	5,370	11,387
1988	R	−21.1%	3,747	5,779	9,621
1984	R	−21.4%	3,650	5,664	9,412
1980	D	+5.5%	3,951	3,526	7,784
1976	D	+20.4%	4,145	2,718	7,009
1972	R	−29.2%	4,042	7,556	12,024
1968	D	+11.8%	1,977	1,312	5,635
1964	R	−3.5%	476	511	989
1960	D	+27.7%	2,020	1,141	3,177
1956	D	+0.9%	1,324	1,298	2,757
1952	D	+10.3%	1,227	996	2,237
1948	D	+39.1%	1,064	442	1,591
1944	D	+46.5%	1,178	430	1,608
1940	D	+69.1%	1,138	208	1,346
1936	D	+66.2%	1,025	207	1,235
1932	D	+54.7%	982	284	1,275
1928	R	−2.2%	531	555	1,086
1924	D	+53.3%	631	190	827
1920	D	+51.1%	759	245	1,005
1916	D	+65.7%	679	140	820
1912	D	+71.6%	708	75	884
1908	D	+45.4%	530	199	729
1904	D	+55.2%	584	168	754
1900	D	+22.5%	1,206	763	1,970
1896	D	+26.8%	1,264	727	2,001
1892	D	+38.8%	1,494	636	2,210
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%

Polish

2.9%

African American

17.1%

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: 43.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.3%

2.9%

75–84

3.1%

6.0%

65–74

6.3%

8.1%

55–64

7.9%

6.1%

45–54

6.2%

6.6%

35–44

6.4%

5.1%

25–34

5.3%

3.4%

18–24

3.5%

8.5%

5–17

8.0%

2.4%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$95,241

Isle of Wight County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

Isle of Wight County$95,241

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

6.8%

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

Other Christian

12.4%

Methodist

11.4%

Baptist

10.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.1%

Non-Christian

3.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Isle of Wight sits along the James River estuary south of Hampton Roads, with an economy anchored by agriculture and proximity to the region's military and industrial corridor. Its Republican presidential margin grew roughly ten points between 2012 and 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Isle of Wight County, by a twenty-one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at twenty-nine points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty points.

The political shift has tracked, in Isle of Wight County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 69% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $95,241, and a 7% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hardin County and Comanche County.

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Isle of Wight County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.