Jury Pool Profile

Grundy County, Iowa

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 12,352
Median household income: $83,617
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,876 96.1%
Black or African American alone 86 0.7%
Asian alone 57 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 31 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 108 0.9%
Two or more races 194 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 189 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 2,917 23.6%
18–24 846 6.8%
25–44 2,879 23.3%
45–64 3,142 25.4%
65 and over 2,568 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $731.7M; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,116
Establishments: 389

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,189 28.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 730 17.6%
Construction 666 16.1%
Natural resources & mining 357 8.6%
Professional & business services 224 5.4%
Public administration 214 5.2%
Manufacturing 211 5.1%
Financial activities 208 5.0%
Leisure & hospitality 167 4.0%
Other services 139 3.4%
Information 13 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.0%
Median gross rent: $777
Owner-occupied: 4,270
Renter-occupied: 815

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,131 votes cast

Republican 4,998 70.1%
Democratic 2,019 28.3%
Other / third-party 114 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 110 0.9%
German 46 0.4%
Other Indo-European 14 0.1%
Chinese 11 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.1%
Arabic 4 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,085
Family households: 3,441; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,900
Single-mother households: 191
Veterans: 611; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 4,189 34.0%
Evangelical Protestant 1,042 8.5%
Catholic 823 6.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.4%
With a disability: 11.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court
Judges: 14 (District Court judges per Judicial Election District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). District Associate, Associate Juvenile, and Magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) are separately allocated and not counted here. Vintage 2026 iowacourts.gov directory; counts cross-checked against Iowa Code § 602.6201.)
Court seats: Cresco, Decorah, Dubuque, Elkader, Grundy Center, Independence, Manchester, New Hampton, Waterloo, Waukon, West Union

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 42.4 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023