Jury Pool Profile

Transylvania County, North Carolina

Republican +12 (2024)

Population: 33,243
Median household income: $64,523
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,675 89.3%
Black or African American alone 1,302 3.9%
Asian alone 180 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 260 0.8%
Two or more races 1,785 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,635 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.9

Under 18 5,260 15.8%
18–24 2,450 7.4%
25–44 6,589 19.8%
45–64 8,697 26.2%
65 and over 10,247 30.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,543
Establishments: 1,268

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,475 25.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,731 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,654 17.0%
Public administration 789 8.1%
Professional & business services 784 8.0%
Construction 776 8.0%
Manufacturing 691 7.1%
Financial activities 384 3.9%
Other services 348 3.6%
Information 96 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 23 0.2%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.1%
Median gross rent: $909
Owner-occupied: 10,961
Renter-occupied: 3,629

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,706 votes cast

Republican 11,492 55.5%
Democratic 8,972 43.3%
Other / third-party 242 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 499 1.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 119 0.4%
German 43 0.1%
Chinese 42 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 41 0.1%
Other 28 0.1%
Other Indo-European 18 0.1%
Vietnamese 8 0.0%
Arabic 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,590
Family households: 9,419; 64.6% of households
Married w/ children: 7,431
Single-mother households: 708
Veterans: 3,122; 11.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,491 34.8%
Mainline Protestant 3,023 9.2%
Catholic 2,155 6.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 892 2.7%
Black Protestant 180 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.2%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 42nd Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 1 (Superior Court judges per primary district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 nccourts.gov; counts cross-checked against N.C.G.S. § 7A-41.1. Where an urban county (Wake, Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth) is statutorily split into multiple Superior Court districts, all sub-district seats are aggregated under the primary district number used in counties.json. ~109 Superior Court judgeships statewide.)
Court seats: Brevard, Columbus, Hendersonville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 10.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023