Petersburg, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+34.9 |
| 2012 | R+48.8 |
| 2016 | R+62.7 |
| 2020 | R+59.5 |
| 2024 | R+61.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,384 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+61.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $42,917 |
| County | Grant County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Petersburg sits at the confluence of the South Branch Potomac River and Lunice Creek, serving as the commercial and administrative hub for one of West Virginia's least-populated counties, where voter rolls skew heavily toward registered Democrats who often split tickets.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −61.8% | 171 | 749 | 16 | 936 |
| 2020 | R | −59.5% | 194 | 768 | 3 | 965 |
| 2016 | R | −62.7% | 151 | 691 | 19 | 861 |
| 2012 | R | −48.8% | 214 | 637 | 16 | 867 |
| 2008 | R | −34.9% | 297 | 625 | 17 | 939 |
| 2004† | R | −47.4% | 286 | 802 | 0 | 1,088 |
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 | 91.7% |
| Black | 1.2% |
| Asian | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.1% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $42,917 |
| Poverty rate | 19.5% |
| Median age | 44 |
| Age 18–29 | 15.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 26.7% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 14.4% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.3% |
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 Grant County county page and the WV state page.