Vinton County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,106 95.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25 0.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 128 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 183 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 179 1.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%

• Under 18 2,625 20.8%
• 18–24 936 7.4%
• 25–44 2,898 22.9%
• 45–64 3,694 29.2%
• 65 and over 2,477 19.6%

Median household income

$59,038

90% interval $52,375–$65,701

−$13,221 vs OH · 80th of 88

Below poverty line

16.8%

90% interval 12.8%–20.8%

+4.2 pp vs OH · 9th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.2%

+1.14 pp vs. state

County GDP

$513.5M

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,555

Establishments

216

• Education & health services 809 35.8%
• Manufacturing 433 19.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 355 15.7%
• Public administration 245 10.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 119 5.3%
• Construction 18 0.8%
• Information 7 0.3%
• Professional & business services 4 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 88.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.5%

+8.3 pp vs OH · 35th of 88

Median gross rent

$728

−$306 vs OH · 85th of 88

Owner-occupied

4,024

Renter-occupied

1,304

• 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, $57,248/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,409/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 4,531 79.0%
• Democratic 1,169 20.4%
• Other / third-party 37 0.6%

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 82 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 41 0.3%
• Spanish 26 0.2%

Households

5,328

Family households

3,663

68.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,246

34.0% of families

Single-mother families

218

6.0% of families

Veterans

539

5.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 958 7.5%
• Mainline Protestant 548 4.3%
• Catholic 165 1.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

92.4%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±2.3 pp

25th of 88

With a disability

22.2%

±3.1 pp

3rd of 88

Bachelor's or higher

13.4%

±2.2 pp

−18.1 pp vs OH · 84th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 8.6%–11.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Vinton 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

McArthur

Traffic fatalities

3

29.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3