Elkhorn, KY
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+8.7 |
| 2012 | R+31.7 |
| 2016 | R+38.1 |
| 2020 | R+34.6 |
| 2024 | R+42.5 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 846 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+42.5 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $44,000 |
| County | Pike County |
| State | KY |
Place narrative
Elkhorn City sits at the Virginia border in the heart of eastern Kentucky's coalfields, a region that swung dramatically toward Republicans over the past two decades as energy-economy anxieties reshaped longtime Democratic loyalties.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −42.5% | 114 | 287 | 6 | 407 |
| 2020† | R | −34.6% | 146 | 301 | 1 | 448 |
| 2016 | R | −38.1% | 133 | 299 | 4 | 436 |
| 2012 | R | −31.7% | 148 | 289 | 8 | 445 |
| 2008 | D | +8.7% | 254 | 212 | 19 | 485 |
| 2004† | D | +27.1% | 369 | 211 | 4 | 584 |
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.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 98.1% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $44,000 |
| Poverty rate | 20.8% |
| Median age | 53.3 |
| Age 18–29 | 13.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 26.4% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 25.0% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.0% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Pike County county page and the KY state page.