Juniata County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,494 91.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 969 4.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 233 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 112 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 498 2.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 71 0.3%

• Under 18 5,161 22.1%
• 18–24 1,786 7.6%
• 25–44 5,269 22.5%
• 45–64 6,207 26.5%
• 65 and over 4,956 21.2%

Median household income

$71,150

90% interval $65,071–$77,229

−$6,382 vs PA · 27th of 67

Below poverty line

9.7%

90% interval 7.6%–11.8%

−1.9 pp vs PA · 54th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.23 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.0B

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,647

Establishments

579

• Manufacturing 1,816 29.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,219 19.7%
• Education & health services 976 15.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 439 7.1%
• Construction 344 5.6%
• Natural resources & mining 307 5.0%
• Professional & business services 269 4.4%
• Public administration 240 3.9%
• Financial activities 226 3.7%
• Other services 196 3.2%
• Information 22 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 97.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.8%

+4.5 pp vs PA · 38th of 67

Median gross rent

$756

−$453 vs PA · 61st of 67

Owner-occupied

6,661

Renter-occupied

2,364

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $69,946/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,982/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 9,721 80.3%
• Democratic 2,290 18.9%
• Other / third-party 93 0.8%

• German or other West Germanic 1,562 7.1%
• Spanish 703 3.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 94 0.4%
• Tagalog 12 0.1%
• Korean 10 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.0%
• Vietnamese 4 0.0%
• Chinese 3 0.0%

Households

9,025

Family households

6,335

70.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,641

25.9% of families

Single-mother families

344

5.4% of families

Veterans

997

5.5% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 4,946 21.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,759 16.0%
• Catholic 363 1.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 111 0.5%

Health insured

86.2%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

13.8%

±1.8 pp

1st of 67

With a disability

12.2%

±1.2 pp

62nd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

15.0%

±1.5 pp

−20.2 pp vs PA · 64th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.5%

90% interval 12.1%–14.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

41st Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

1 (Court of Common Pleas judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + orphans' court jurisdiction); vintage 2026 pacourts.us; cross-checked against 42 Pa. C.S. § 911. Magisterial District Judges (limited jurisdiction: preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, small civil up to $12K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Philadelphia Municipal Court (limited civil + minor criminal in Philadelphia only) also separate.)

Court seats

Mifflintown, New Bloomfield

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

10.98 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2