Jury Pool Profile

Van Buren County, Iowa

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 7,236
Median household income: $60,183
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,932 95.8%
Black or African American alone 15 0.2%
Asian alone 12 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 77 1.1%
Two or more races 198 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 124 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.8

Under 18 1,681 23.2%
18–24 490 6.8%
25–44 1,482 20.5%
45–64 1,901 26.3%
65 and over 1,682 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $295.0M; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,260
Establishments: 224

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 516 26.8%
Manufacturing 501 26.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 393 20.4%
Professional & business services 75 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 71 3.7%
Leisure & hospitality 62 3.2%
Construction 57 3.0%
Financial activities 56 2.9%
Other services 26 1.4%
Information 21 1.1%
Public administration 10 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.1%
Median gross rent: $686
Owner-occupied: 2,407
Renter-occupied: 491

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,622 votes cast

Republican 2,785 76.9%
Democratic 778 21.5%
Other / third-party 59 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.8% speak only English at home

German 642 9.5%
Spanish 45 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,898
Family households: 1,823; 62.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,503
Single-mother households: 107
Veterans: 524; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,520 21.1%
Mainline Protestant 960 13.3%
Catholic 275 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.8%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albia, Bloomfield, Burlington, Centerville, Fairfield, Fort Madison and Keokuk, Keosauqua, Montezuma, Mount Pleasant, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sigourney, Wapello, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Iowa statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023