Rural Retreat, VA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+41.1 |
| 2012 | R+43.9 |
| 2016 | R+61.6 |
| 2020 | R+63.3 |
| 2024 | R+65.5 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,644 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+65.5 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $61,979 |
| County | Wythe County |
| State | VA |
Place narrative
Rural Retreat sits in southwestern Virginia's solidly Republican hill country, where tight-knit agricultural communities and long-standing Appalachian voting patterns have produced consistent double-digit margins in statewide races.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −65.5% | 150 | 730 | 5 | 885 |
| 2020 | R | −63.3% | 151 | 697 | 15 | 863 |
| 2016 | R | −61.6% | 131 | 596 | 28 | 755 |
| 2012 | R | −43.9% | 181 | 475 | 14 | 670 |
| 2008 | R | −41.1% | 186 | 457 | 17 | 660 |
| 2004† | R | −45.5% | 164 | 439 | 2 | 605 |
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 | 94.6% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.8% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $61,979 |
| Poverty rate | 22.3% |
| Median age | 41 |
| Age 18–29 | 11.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 18.9% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 22.7% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.7% |
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 Wythe County county page and the VA state page.