Paden, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+19.6 |
| 2012 | R+32.0 |
| 2016 | R+55.4 |
| 2020 | R+53.4 |
| 2024 | R+57.6 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,415 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+57.6 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $66,101 |
| County | Wetzel County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Paden City sits in Wetzel County, a former glass-manufacturing hub that shifted sharply toward Republican margins as manufacturing employment contracted over recent decades.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −57.6% | 205 | 795 | 24 | 1,024 |
| 2020 | R | −53.4% | 253 | 869 | 32 | 1,154 |
| 2016 | R | −55.4% | 201 | 778 | 63 | 1,042 |
| 2012 | R | −32.0% | 328 | 651 | 30 | 1,009 |
| 2008 | R | −19.6% | 431 | 650 | 36 | 1,117 |
| 2004† | R | −19.6% | 487 | 727 | 13 | 1,227 |
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 | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $66,101 |
| Poverty rate | 12.2% |
| Median age | 40.4 |
| Age 18–29 | 12.6% |
| Age 65 and older | 18.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 15.8% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.5% |
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 Wetzel County county page and the WV state page.