Rainelle, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+19.6 |
| 2012 | R+43.8 |
| 2016 | R+56.3 |
| 2020 | R+59.5 |
| 2024 | R+58.8 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,458 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+58.8 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $35,625 |
| County | Greenbrier County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Rainelle's timber and sawmill economy collapsed over decades, driving population loss and a sharp rightward shift in presidential margins that mirrors broader Appalachian deindustrialization patterns.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −58.8% | 91 | 359 | 6 | 456 |
| 2020 | R | −59.5% | 89 | 362 | 8 | 459 |
| 2016 | R | −56.3% | 82 | 309 | 12 | 403 |
| 2012 | R | −43.8% | 84 | 222 | 9 | 315 |
| 2008 | R | −19.6% | 194 | 290 | 6 | 490 |
| 2004† | R | −24.7% | 197 | 326 | 0 | 523 |
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 | 88.5% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.2% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $35,625 |
| Poverty rate | 29.8% |
| Median age | 48.8 |
| Age 18–29 | 10.6% |
| Age 65 and older | 17.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 12.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.1% |
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 Greenbrier County county page and the WV state page.