West Van Lear, KY
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+31.1 |
| 2012 | R+44.1 |
| 2016 | R+70.3 |
| 2020 | R+65.0 |
| 2024 | R+63.4 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,155 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+63.4 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $66,815 |
| County | Johnson County |
| State | KY |
Place narrative
West Van Lear sits in the Big Sandy region of eastern Kentucky, where decades of coal-industry contraction have left deep marks on population and economic participation, and where presidential margins have swung sharply rightward since 2008.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −63.4% | 66 | 308 | 8 | 382 |
| 2020 | R | −65.0% | 57 | 269 | 0 | 326 |
| 2016 | R | −70.3% | 44 | 278 | 11 | 333 |
| 2012 | R | −44.1% | 82 | 217 | 7 | 306 |
| 2008 | R | −31.1% | 102 | 197 | 6 | 305 |
| 2004† | R | −16.9% | 140 | 197 | 1 | 338 |
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 | 95.8% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 4.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $66,815 |
| Poverty rate | 3.5% |
| Median age | 29.7 |
| Age 18–29 | 30.5% |
| Age 65 and older | 8.1% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 17.2% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 4.5% |
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.