Preble County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 38,721 95.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 465 1.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 268 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 53 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,126 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 124 0.3%

• Under 18 9,043 22.2%
• 18–24 3,020 7.4%
• 25–44 9,326 22.9%
• 45–64 11,078 27.2%
• 65 and over 8,298 20.4%

Median household income

$71,966

90% interval $66,140–$77,792

−$293 vs OH · 37th of 88

Below poverty line

10.4%

90% interval 8.5%–12.3%

−2.2 pp vs OH · 60th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.52 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.6B

0.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,637

Establishments

807

• Manufacturing 3,679 31.9%
• Education & health services 2,444 21.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,098 18.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 991 8.6%
• Public administration 512 4.4%
• Professional & business services 489 4.2%
• Construction 474 4.1%
• Other services 359 3.1%
• Financial activities 268 2.3%
• Natural resources & mining 116 1.0%
• Information 92 0.8%

Home ownership

79.7%

+12.5 pp vs OH · 12th of 88

Median gross rent

$794

−$240 vs OH · 68th of 88

Owner-occupied

13,323

Renter-occupied

3,402

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 71% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $77,931/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,605/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 17,146 79.2%
• Democratic 4,343 20.1%
• Other / third-party 164 0.8%

• Spanish 235 0.6%
• Tagalog 102 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 56 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 53 0.1%
• Arabic 8 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6 0.0%
• Korean 3 0.0%
• Chinese 3 0.0%

Households

16,725

Family households

11,393

68.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,735

24.0% of families

Single-mother families

987

8.7% of families

Veterans

2,448

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,042 12.3%
• Mainline Protestant 2,419 5.9%
• Catholic 1,099 2.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 539 1.3%
• Black Protestant 76 0.2%

Health insured

94.6%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

5.4%

±1.1 pp

59th of 88

With a disability

15.8%

±1.4 pp

42nd of 88

Bachelor's or higher

18.5%

±1.8 pp

−13.0 pp vs OH · 57th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.9%

90% interval 6.1%–7.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Preble County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

2 (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

Eaton

Traffic fatalities

4

12.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4