Benwood, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | even |
| 2012 | R+1.9 |
| 2016 | R+29.6 |
| 2020 | R+35.9 |
| 2024 | R+39.0 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,230 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+39.0 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $43,636 |
| County | Marshall County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Benwood sits along the Ohio River in Marshall County, a historically union-dense corner of West Virginia where deindustrialization has steadily reshaped voter coalitions over the past three decades.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −39.0% | 142 | 330 | 10 | 482 |
| 2020 | R | −35.9% | 173 | 371 | 8 | 552 |
| 2016 | R | −29.6% | 160 | 305 | 24 | 489 |
| 2012 | R | −1.9% | 227 | 236 | 13 | 476 |
| 2008 | D | Tied | 271 | 270 | 11 | 552 |
| 2004† | R | Tied | 296 | 298 | 7 | 601 |
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 | 91.8% |
| Black | 1.3% |
| Asian | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.6% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $43,636 |
| Poverty rate | 29.3% |
| Median age | 51.6 |
| Age 18–29 | 13.3% |
| Age 65 and older | 26.7% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 6.4% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.2% |
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 Marshall County county page and the WV state page.