Cape Charles, VA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+16.6 |
| 2012 | D+16.5 |
| 2016 | R+4.6 |
| 2020 | even |
| 2024 | R+2.5 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,201 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+2.5 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $73,750 |
| County | Northampton County |
| State | VA |
Place narrative
Cape Charles anchors the northern tip of Virginia's Eastern Shore, a historically isolated peninsula where Northampton County has trended toward double-digit Republican margins even as the small-town population has declined steadily since the railroad era.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −2.5% | 361 | 380 | 8 | 749 |
| 2020 | R | Tied | 349 | 350 | 7 | 706 |
| 2016 | R | −4.6% | 279 | 307 | 26 | 612 |
| 2012 | D | +16.5% | 336 | 240 | 7 | 583 |
| 2008† | D | +16.6% | 339 | 242 | 4 | 585 |
| 2004† | D | +1.4% | 246 | 239 | 1 | 486 |
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, 2008 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 | 85.3% |
| Black | 8.2% |
| Asian | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8.3% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $73,750 |
| Poverty rate | 13.2% |
| Median age | 60.5 |
| Age 18–29 | 15.3% |
| Age 65 and older | 37.7% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 59.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 3.9% |
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 Northampton County county page and the VA state page.