Jury Pool Profile

Medina County, Ohio

Republican +24.8 (2024)

County seat: Medina
Judicial district: Medina County Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate): 185,025; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 183,660.

At a glance

Medina County is a 185,025-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $93,471, $21,212 above the OH state median of $72,259; 36.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 22.9% of covered employment, average pay $54,183/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.02%, below the 4.05% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 60% to 62% of the vote across the three.

Population: 183,660
Median household income: $94,968
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 1%.

Medina County has a population of 183,660, with a median age of 43.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.0%; Black residents 1.1%. Independently, 2.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $93,471; 36.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 6.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 167,610 91.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,002 2.7%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,007 1.1%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,750 1.0%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,740 3.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 81 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 109 0.1%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 361 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 39,216 21.4%
18–24 13,683 7.5%
25–44 43,183 23.5%
45–64 51,223 27.9%
65 and over 36,355 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $93,471; 90% interval $89,415–$97,527; +$21,212 vs OH · 5th of 88
Below poverty line: 6.1%; 90% interval 4.9%–7.3%; −6.5 pp vs OH · 84th of 88

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 14,506 jobs; Education & health services, 12,990, is within 20% of it.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 22.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.02%, below the Ohio state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; −1.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.4B; 1.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,308
Establishments: 5,285

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 14,506 22.9%
Education & health services 12,990 20.5%
Manufacturing 8,932 14.1%
Leisure & hospitality 7,576 12.0%
Professional & business services 7,382 11.7%
Financial activities 2,295 3.6%
Public administration 1,925 3.0%
Information 249 0.4%
Construction 77 0.1%
Other services 24 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 88.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 80.3%; +13.1 pp vs OH · 8th of 88
Median gross rent: $1,143; +$109 vs OH · 6th of 88
Owner-occupied: 58,653
Renter-occupied: 14,433

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Wide wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $92,859/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,179/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.
Mixed business scale

Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

1 of the top 5 employers on this list (1 of the listed 10) is in trade, transportation & utilities, accounting for 905 employees on this list. So trade, transportation & utilities is the largest sector by employment here, but most of the county's five biggest named employers sit outside it. A panelist who works somewhere you recognize is probably not working where most of this county works; ask where they work before assuming either pattern fits them.

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Cleveland Clinic	Health care	1,795
2	Westfield Insurance	Insurance	1,105
3	Medina County	Local government	1,101
4	Discount Drug Mart	Retail trade (pharmacy)	905
5	Brunswick City School District	Education	775
6	Medina City School District	Education	771
7	Stanley Black and Decker	Manufacturing	750
8	Sandridge Food Corporation	Food production	679
9	Wadsworth City School District	Education	579
10	Carlisle Brake and Friction	Manufacturing	396

Source: Medina County, Ohio, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the year ended December 31, 2024, 'Principal Employers 2024 and 2015' schedule, with counts from the Medina County Economic Development Corporation. (2024)

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 61%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Medina County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 62.0% in 2024, 61.0% in 2020, 60.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 107,017 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 66,308 62.0%
Democratic 39,771 37.2%
Other / third-party 938 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.9% of the adult civilian population (9,966 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,880 1.1%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,584 0.9%
German or other West Germanic 1,028 0.6%
Arabic 368 0.2%
Chinese 326 0.2%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 234 0.1%
Tagalog 124 0.1%
Vietnamese 114 0.1%
Korean 57 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 73,086
Family households: 51,165; 70.0% of households
Married couples w/ children: 15,292; 29.9% of families
Single-mother families: 2,942; 5.8% of families
Veterans: 9,966; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

37.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 32,370 17.7%
Evangelical Protestant 18,669 10.2%
Mainline Protestant 13,311 7.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,493 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%; ±0.4 pp
Uninsured: 4.0%; ±0.4 pp; 80th of 88
With a disability: 13.1%; ±0.7 pp; 72nd of 88
Bachelor's or higher: 36.2%; ±1.1 pp; +4.7 pp vs OH · 10th of 88
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 5.8%; 90% interval 5.2%–6.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Medina County Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 4 (Court of Common Pleas General Division judges only; vintage 2026 supremecourt.ohio.gov roster. Domestic Relations / Juvenile / Probate Division judges separately allocated in urban counties and not counted (those divisions don't hear general civil jury trials). Small rural counties typically have 1-2 General Division judges who concurrently handle Domestic Relations and Juvenile dockets.)
Court seats: Medina

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Medina totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 19 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 19; 13.15 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2024