Saltville, VA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+24.1 |
| 2012 | R+29.9 |
| 2016 | R+57.6 |
| 2020 | R+60.2 |
| 2024 | R+63.5 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,198 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+63.5 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $48,658 |
| County | Smyth County |
| State | VA |
Place narrative
Saltville supplied Confederate forces with critical salt during the Civil War, and its industrial legacy still shapes a small-town economy that leans heavily Republican in statewide contests.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −63.5% | 154 | 703 | 7 | 864 |
| 2020 | R | −60.2% | 163 | 666 | 7 | 836 |
| 2016 | R | −57.6% | 152 | 587 | 16 | 755 |
| 2012 | R | −29.9% | 259 | 486 | 13 | 758 |
| 2008 | R | −24.1% | 266 | 440 | 15 | 721 |
| 2004† | R | −25.4% | 259 | 441 | 15 | 715 |
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 | 98.7% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.2% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $48,658 |
| Poverty rate | 25.2% |
| Median age | 43.5 |
| Age 18–29 | 10.8% |
| Age 65 and older | 17.9% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 10.8% |
| 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 Smyth County county page and the VA state page.