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Venango County, Pennsylvania

Republican +42.1 (2024)
County seat
Franklin
Judicial district
28th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
49,346
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 49,801.

At a glance

Venango County is a 49,346-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $59,729, $17,803 below the PA state median of $77,532; 19.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 27.5% of covered employment, average pay $56,641/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.55%, above the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 69% to 71% of the vote across the three.

Population
49,801
Median household income
$61,522
Unemployment
4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 1%.

Venango County has a population of 49,801, with a median age of 47.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.6%; Black residents 1.3%. Independently, 1.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $59,729; 19.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 46,472 93.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 639 1.3%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 610 1.2%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 156 0.3%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,603 3.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 37 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 275 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 47.6

  • Under 18 9,469 19.0%
  • 18–24 3,236 6.5%
  • 25–44 10,577 21.2%
  • 45–64 14,173 28.5%
  • 65 and over 12,346 24.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$59,729
90% interval $55,173–$64,285
−$17,803 vs PA · 60th of 67
Below poverty line
13.2%
90% interval 10.6%–15.8%
+1.6 pp vs PA · 20th of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and trade & transportation

Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 4,400, Trade, transportation & utilities about 3,790.

Education & health services is the largest published sector at 27.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.55%, above the Pennsylvania state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.5%
+0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.1B
0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay
$51,335
Establishments
1,206

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 4,397 27.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 3,432 21.5%
  • Manufacturing 3,061 19.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,270 7.9%
  • Professional & business services 952 6.0%
  • Other services 706 4.4%
  • Financial activities 388 2.4%
  • Construction 360 2.3%
  • Public administration 190 1.2%
  • Information 80 0.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 75 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 93.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
75.3%
+6.0 pp vs PA · 33rd of 67
Median gross rent
$795
−$414 vs PA · 54th of 67
Owner-occupied
16,110
Renter-occupied
5,287

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 68% 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 (Public administration, $86,054/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,641/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 70%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Venango County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 70.6% in 2024, 70.0% in 2020, 69.0% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,732 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201669.0%26.7%
202070.0%28.6%
202470.6%28.5%
  • Republican 18,883 70.6%
  • Democratic 7,624 28.5%
  • Other / third-party 225 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

2.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 9.0% of the adult civilian population (3,647 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

  • German or other West Germanic 451 0.9%
  • Spanish 246 0.5%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 49 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 18 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 17 0.0%
  • Arabic 13 0.0%
  • Chinese 11 0.0%
  • Tagalog 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
21,397
Family households
13,890
64.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
3,082
22.2% of families
Single-mother families
990
7.1% of families
Veterans
3,647
9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

44.6% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 10,007 19.8%
  • Evangelical Protestant 7,203 14.3%
  • Catholic 4,456 8.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 820 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.6%
±0.5 pp
Uninsured
4.4%
±0.5 pp
50th of 67
With a disability
17.9%
±1.2 pp
11th of 67
Bachelor's or higher
19.1%
±1.1 pp
−16.1 pp vs PA · 57th of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.6%
90% interval 6.8%–8.4% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
28th 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
Franklin
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Venango totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 4 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
4
9.92 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Venango County, Pennsylvania to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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