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Jury Pool Profile

Wasatch County, Utah

Republican +27.4 (2024)
County seat
Heber City
Judicial district
4th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
38,514
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 36,642.

At a glance

Wasatch County is a 38,514-person venue. The county population is 83% White (Census race-alone categories). 15% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $129,019, $32,621 above the UT state median of $96,398; 51.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 15.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (1.8%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 20.8% of covered employment, average pay $58,095/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.27%, below the 3.7% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 63% of the vote across the three.

Population
36,642
Median household income
$117,608
Unemployment
3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 83% / 0%.

Wasatch County has a population of 36,642, with a median age of 36.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 83.0%; Black residents 0.2%. Independently, 14.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $129,019; 51.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 4.8% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 29,547 80.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,387 14.7%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 65 0.2%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 378 1.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 990 2.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 145 0.4%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 120 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 36.8

  • Under 18 10,559 28.8%
  • 18–24 3,246 8.9%
  • 25–44 8,928 24.4%
  • 45–64 8,940 24.4%
  • 65 and over 4,969 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$129,019
90% interval $117,456–$140,582
+$32,621 vs UT · 2nd of 29
Below poverty line
4.8%
90% interval 3.6%–6.0%
−3.6 pp vs UT · 28th of 29

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and construction

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 2,626 jobs; Construction, 2,204, is within 20% of it.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 20.8% of covered employment, followed by Construction at 17.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.27%, below the Utah state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.3%
−0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.9B
0.63% of state
Avg. annual pay
$60,426
Establishments
1,679

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 2,626 20.8%
  • Construction 2,204 17.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,200 17.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,845 14.6%
  • Professional & business services 1,359 10.8%
  • Public administration 691 5.5%
  • Financial activities 485 3.8%
  • Other services 7 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 90.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
80.3%
+10.1 pp vs UT · 11th of 29
Median gross rent
$2,000
+$504 vs UT · 1st of 29
Owner-occupied
10,338
Renter-occupied
2,542

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 56% 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 (Professional & business services, $82,165/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,441/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 7.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 58%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Wasatch County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 62.6% in 2024, 61.4% in 2020, 50.5% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,354 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201650.5%25.3%
202061.4%35.2%
202462.6%35.2%
  • Republican 11,495 62.6%
  • Democratic 6,459 35.2%
  • Other / third-party 400 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 78% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 15.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

15.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Arabic. Veterans account for 3.8% of the adult civilian population (987 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

84.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 3,948 11.5%
  • Tagalog 171 0.5%
  • Arabic 121 0.4%
  • German or other West Germanic 111 0.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 100 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 78 0.2%
  • Chinese 59 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
12,880
Family households
10,062
78.1% of households
Married couples w/ children
4,126
41.0% of families
Single-mother families
403
4.0% of families
Veterans
987
3.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

53.9% overall adherence rate

  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 18,088 52.0%
  • Catholic 500 1.4%
  • Evangelical Protestant 158 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.5%
±1.6 pp
Uninsured
7.5%
±1.6 pp
18th of 29
With a disability
6.2%
±1.2 pp
28th of 29
Bachelor's or higher
51.3%
±3 pp
+13.6 pp vs UT · 2nd of 29
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.9%
90% interval 9.8%–12.0% · 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
4th Judicial District Court
Judges
19 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal trial jurisdiction); vintage 2026 utcourts.gov directory + Utah Code § 78A-5-101. UT has ~89 District Court judges statewide. Justice Court judges (limited jurisdiction: Class B/C misdemeanors, small civil under $20K) are separately allocated at the city + county level and not counted here. Juvenile Court judges (companion court with same district boundaries) are also separately allocated.)
Court seats
Fillmore, Heber City, Nephi, Provo

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Wasatch totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 9 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
9
34.51 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
8

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Wasatch County, Utah 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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