Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+25%. Democratic peak: D+70 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 37,8222024 5-year
- Median household income
- $94,0082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+70 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Lake of the Woods, VA, VAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,274 | 13,764 | 22,353 | ||
| R | 7,995 | 12,426 | 20,742 | ||
| R | 5,957 | 10,521 | 17,267 | ||
| R | 6,870 | 9,244 | 16,354 | ||
| R | 7,107 | 8,506 | 15,801 | ||
| R | 5,015 | 7,749 | 12,928 | ||
| R | 4,126 | 5,991 | 10,483 | ||
| R | 3,590 | 4,435 | 8,908 | ||
| R | 3,348 | 4,092 | 8,966 | ||
| R | 2,592 | 4,319 | 7,015 | ||
| R | 2,285 | 4,483 | 6,821 | ||
| R | 2,420 | 3,381 | 6,158 | ||
| R | 2,309 | 2,549 | 5,161 | ||
| R | 884 | 2,332 | 3,258 | ||
| R | 879 | 1,727 | 3,661 | ||
| R | 988 | 1,423 | 2,418 | ||
| R | 1,108 | 1,413 | 2,603 | ||
| R | 794 | 1,344 | 2,510 | ||
| R | 916 | 1,525 | 2,453 | ||
| D | 856 | 726 | 1,852 | ||
| D | 1,199 | 694 | 1,896 | ||
| D | 1,283 | 464 | 1,759 | ||
| D | 1,227 | 402 | 1,636 | ||
| D | 1,253 | 309 | 1,567 | ||
| D | 846 | 732 | 1,578 | ||
| D | 834 | 181 | 1,068 | ||
| D | 718 | 258 | 977 | ||
| D | 608 | 153 | 764 | ||
| D | 619 | 87 | 765 | ||
| D | 587 | 198 | 793 | ||
| D | 568 | 201 | 779 | ||
| D | 1,100 | 929 | 2,048 | ||
| D | 1,324 | 957 | 2,305 | ||
| D | 1,343 | 831 | 2,248 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.1%
Irish
15.0%
German
14.6%
American
7.3%
Italian
4.2%
Scottish
2.1%
Polish
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$94,008
Lake of the Woods, VA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lake of the Woods, VA$94,008
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.5%
Working age (18–64)8.6%
Seniors (65+)7.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.4%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
Other Indo-European2.2%
Other languages0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lake of the Woods, VA sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the metro voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the long memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Lake of the Woods, VA as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 1952 marked the realignment in Lake of the Woods, VA, by a twenty-five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-four points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points.
The political shift has tracked, in Lake of the Woods, VA, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $94,008, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia voted Republican by 24.6 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,353 votes cast, 8,274 went Democratic and 13,764 went Republican.
What is Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia voted Democratic was 1948.
How many people live in Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia?
Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia has a population of 37,822 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia?
Median household income in Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia is $94,008 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lake of the Woods, VA, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.