West Virginia 79th State House District

Office (updates table and map)

President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

German18.1%14.7%12.5%

English13.1%15.7%9.5%

Irish12.2%12.3%9.4%

Italian8.3%4.1%4.8%

American5.8%9.5%5.3%

Polish3.5%1.4%2.2%

Scottish3.4%2.1%1.3%

Scotch-Irish1.6%1.3%—

African American†4.4%2.6%9.9%

Nigerian0.5%—0.2%

Mexican1.3%0.7%11.3%

Puerto Rican0.7%0.3%1.8%

Cuban0.3%—0.7%

Argentinean0.3%——

Colombian0.3%—0.4%

Ecuadorian0.3%——

Spanish0.3%——

Asian Indian0.7%—1.4%

Chinese0.6%—1.3%

Filipino0.5%—0.9%

Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	WV HD 79	West Virginia	United States
Median age	26	42.9	39.1
Age 18–24	21.8%	8.8%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	13.3%	21.1%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	WV HD 79	West Virginia	United States
Median household income	$44,385	$59,608	$84,427
Poverty rate	29.1%	16.7%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	48.9%	24.4%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	WV HD 79	West Virginia	United States
Owner-occupied homes	42.3%	74.9%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	57.7%	25.1%	34.8%
Median home value	$240,900	$162,600	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$929	$872	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	59.5%	48.9%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	14.6%	15.4%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	WV HD 79	West Virginia	United States
Mean commute	17.4 min	26.6 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	3.4%	9.7%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	61.8%	78.1%	68.8%
Takes public transit	1.0%	0.5%	3.2%
Works from home	14.1%	9.1%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	WV HD 79	West Virginia	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	6.6%	2.5%	22.3%
Spanish	1.5%	1.2%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	1.3%	0.3%	2.0%

Religious landscape

Measure	WV HD 79	West Virginia	United States
Catholic	—	5.6%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	16.4%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	62.3%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	WV HD 79	West Virginia	United States
Foreign-born residents	6.0%	1.8%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	2.2%	1.0%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	3.8%	0.8%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	4.4%	7.4%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.547	0.471	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic65.6%3,535TrumpRepublican31.2%1,680OtherAll other candidates3.2%173

D+34.4

Lead: 1,855
Total: 5,388
vs nation: D+35.9