Athens, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+16.6 |
| 2012 | R+36.5 |
| 2016 | R+31.9 |
| 2020 | R+29.5 |
| 2024 | R+32.9 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,494 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+32.9 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $56,667 |
| County | Mercer County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Athens is a college town in miniature, where Concord University's enrollment shapes the resident population and gives the local demographic profile a younger skew than most of surrounding rural Mercer County.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −32.9% | 115 | 230 | 5 | 350 |
| 2020 | R | −29.5% | 139 | 258 | 6 | 403 |
| 2016 | R | −31.9% | 117 | 237 | 22 | 376 |
| 2012 | R | −36.5% | 106 | 232 | 7 | 345 |
| 2008 | R | −16.6% | 125 | 176 | 6 | 307 |
| 2004† | R | −6.3% | 153 | 174 | 5 | 332 |
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 | 87.8% |
| Black | 4.1% |
| Asian | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.1% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $56,667 |
| Poverty rate | 19.4% |
| Median age | 21.1 |
| Age 18–29 | 45.0% |
| Age 65 and older | 12.3% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 47.8% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 6.3% |
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 Mercer County county page and the WV state page.