Van Lear, KY
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+21.5 |
| 2012 | R+51.8 |
| 2016 | R+59.6 |
| 2020 | R+59.8 |
| 2024 | R+61.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 443 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+61.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $35,347 |
| County | Johnson County |
| State | KY |
Place narrative
Van Lear's fewer than 500 residents live in a former company-town hollow shaped by the eastern Kentucky coalfields. Lawrence County has backed Republican presidential nominees by margins exceeding 50 points in recent cycles.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −61.8% | 67 | 290 | 4 | 361 |
| 2020 | R | −59.8% | 83 | 333 | 2 | 418 |
| 2016 | R | −59.6% | 70 | 300 | 16 | 386 |
| 2012 | R | −51.8% | 88 | 287 | 9 | 384 |
| 2008 | R | −21.5% | 156 | 245 | 13 | 414 |
| 2004† | R | −7.2% | 212 | 245 | 4 | 461 |
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 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 | 86.2% |
| Black | 10.2% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $35,347 |
| Poverty rate | 24.1% |
| Median age | 43.7 |
| Age 18–29 | 2.0% |
| Age 65 and older | 17.6% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 20.9% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.0% |
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 Johnson County county page and the KY state page.