Shepherdstown, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+40.3 |
| 2012 | D+32.5 |
| 2016 | D+46.8 |
| 2020 | D+58.4 |
| 2024 | D+62.4 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,460 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | D+62.4 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $63,750 |
| County | Jefferson County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Home to Shepherd University, Shepherdstown routinely produces margins that diverge sharply from surrounding Jefferson County precincts, reflecting the outsized influence a small campus population can have in a sub-2,000 electorate.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | +62.4% | 560 | 121 | 23 | 704 |
| 2020 | D | +58.4% | 661 | 167 | 18 | 846 |
| 2016 | D | +46.8% | 516 | 175 | 37 | 728 |
| 2012 | D | +32.5% | 499 | 249 | 20 | 768 |
| 2008 | D | +40.3% | 540 | 227 | 9 | 776 |
| 2004† | D | +31.0% | 431 | 225 | 9 | 665 |
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 | 82.6% |
| Black | 12.4% |
| Asian | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $63,750 |
| Poverty rate | 6.2% |
| Median age | 21.8 |
| Age 18–29 | 61.4% |
| Age 65 and older | 14.5% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 71.2% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 4.3% |
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 Jefferson County county page and the WV state page.