Wellsburg, WV
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+2.0 |
| 2012 | R+3.8 |
| 2016 | R+33.6 |
| 2020 | R+30.6 |
| 2024 | R+35.2 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,203 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+35.2 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $42,868 |
| County | Brooke County |
| State | WV |
Place narrative
Wellsburg anchors the narrow northern panhandle where West Virginia is less than four miles wide, a geography that has long tied its economy and commuter patterns more closely to Ohio and Pennsylvania than to the rest of the state.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −35.2% | 355 | 754 | 25 | 1,134 |
| 2020 | R | −30.6% | 417 | 793 | 19 | 1,229 |
| 2016 | R | −33.6% | 364 | 763 | 62 | 1,189 |
| 2012 | R | −3.8% | 540 | 584 | 33 | 1,157 |
| 2008 | R | −2.0% | 613 | 639 | 43 | 1,295 |
| 2004† | D | +4.7% | 726 | 661 | 3 | 1,390 |
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 | 94.5% |
| Black | 0.5% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.3% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $42,868 |
| Poverty rate | 20.3% |
| Median age | 55.6 |
| Age 18–29 | 13.8% |
| Age 65 and older | 37.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 17.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.4% |
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 Brooke County county page and the WV state page.