Belington, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+23.4 |
| 2012 | R+40.0 |
| 2016 | R+60.2 |
| 2020 | R+61.2 |
| 2024 | R+64.5 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,781 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+64.5 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $48,508 |
| County | Barbour County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Belington anchors a stretch of rural Upshur County where timber and coal heritage still shape local identity. Turnout in this sub-2,000-resident town tracks closely with broader Appalachian West Virginia patterns, swinging hard toward Republican margins since 2000.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −64.5% | 124 | 592 | 10 | 726 |
| 2020 | R | −61.2% | 140 | 596 | 9 | 745 |
| 2016 | R | −60.2% | 124 | 544 | 30 | 698 |
| 2012 | R | −40.0% | 311 | 749 | 35 | 1,095 |
| 2008 | R | −23.4% | 261 | 424 | 13 | 698 |
| 2004† | R | −24.6% | 276 | 456 | 0 | 732 |
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 | 89.5% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.7% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $48,508 |
| Poverty rate | 25.2% |
| Median age | 42.6 |
| Age 18–29 | 15.3% |
| Age 65 and older | 19.0% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 11.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.7% |
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 Barbour County county page and the WV state page.