Pike County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,534 94.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 150 0.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 260 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 117 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 802 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 27 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 154 0.6%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 6,344 23.5%
• 18–24 2,044 7.6%
• 25–44 6,404 23.7%
• 45–64 7,097 26.2%
• 65 and over 5,155 19.1%

Median household income

$59,100

90% interval $52,990–$65,210

−$13,159 vs OH · 79th of 88

Below poverty line

19.1%

90% interval 15.5%–22.7%

+6.5 pp vs OH · 4th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.9%

+1.81 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.6B

0.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,949

Establishments

620

• Education & health services 2,793 26.3%
• Professional & business services 2,783 26.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,087 19.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 805 7.6%
• Manufacturing 749 7.0%
• Construction 479 4.5%
• Public administration 352 3.3%
• Financial activities 315 3.0%
• Other services 172 1.6%
• Natural resources & mining 59 0.6%
• Information 44 0.4%

Home ownership

68.5%

+1.3 pp vs OH · 73rd of 88

Median gross rent

$907

−$127 vs OH · 35th of 88

Owner-occupied

7,440

Renter-occupied

3,426

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $105,674/yr) pays 5.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,053/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 9,352 76.5%
• Democratic 2,793 22.9%
• Other / third-party 73 0.6%

• Spanish 137 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 120 0.5%
• Tagalog 28 0.1%
• Korean 27 0.1%
• Arabic 17 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.0%
• Vietnamese 6 0.0%

Households

10,866

Family households

7,121

65.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,895

26.6% of families

Single-mother families

689

9.7% of families

Veterans

1,517

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,935 14.5%
• Mainline Protestant 799 2.9%
• Catholic 301 1.1%
• Black Protestant 202 0.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 192 0.7%

Health insured

95.2%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±1.4 pp

73rd of 88

With a disability

22.1%

±2.1 pp

5th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

16.3%

±2.5 pp

−15.2 pp vs OH · 70th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 7.9%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Pike County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

1 (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

Waverly

Traffic fatalities

3

14.49 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3