Jury Pool Profile
Wheeler County, Oregon
Republican +47 (2024)
- Population
- 1,434
- Median household income
- $51,250
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 1,233 86.0%
- Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
- Asian alone 7 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.1%
- Some other race alone 48 3.3%
- Two or more races 140 9.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 65 4.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 57.3
- Under 18 217 15.1%
- 18–24 60 4.2%
- 25–44 225 15.7%
- 45–64 412 28.7%
- 65 and over 520 36.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.5%
- -0.69 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $52.3M
- 0.02% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $42,630
- Establishments
- 72
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 139 38.4%
- Public administration 68 18.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 38 10.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 37 10.2%
- Natural resources & mining 20 5.5%
- Construction 12 3.3%
- Other services 6 1.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 69.2%
- Median gross rent
- $782
- Owner-occupied
- 459
- Renter-occupied
- 204
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 863 votes cast
- Republican 616 71.4%
- Democratic 210 24.3%
- Other / third-party 37 4.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.8% speak only English at home
- Spanish 53 3.9%
- Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.6%
- Other 3 0.2%
- Slavic languages 2 0.1%
- Chinese 2 0.1%
- German 1 0.1%
- Korean 1 0.1%
- Vietnamese 1 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 663
- Family households
- 423
- 63.8% of households
- Married w/ children
- 340
- Single-mother households
- 19
- Veterans
- 171
- 14.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
35.8% overall adherence rate
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 260 17.9%
- Evangelical Protestant 128 8.8%
- Catholic 100 6.9%
- Mainline Protestant 32 2.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 96.2%
- With a disability
- 27.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 7th Judicial District Circuit Court
- Judges
- 3 (Circuit Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.oregon.gov; cross-checked against ORS § 3.041. Justice Courts (limited jurisdiction — misdemeanors, traffic, small claims under $10K) operate per county and are not counted here. Multnomah County operates a separate County Court for probate / juvenile matters.)
- Court seats
- Condon, Fossil, Hood River, Moro, The Dalles
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 0
- 0 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 0
NHTSA FARS 2023