Jury Pool Profile

Alleghany County, Virginia

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 14,962
Median household income: $55,160
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,824 92.4%
Black or African American alone 828 5.5%
Asian alone 10 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 68 0.5%
Two or more races 232 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 225 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.1

Under 18 2,734 18.3%
18–24 1,091 7.3%
25–44 3,066 20.5%
45–64 4,214 28.2%
65 and over 3,857 25.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.72 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B
Avg. annual pay: $45,643
Establishments: 490

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,382 42.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 434 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 372 11.3%
Manufacturing 353 10.7%
Public administration 252 7.7%
Professional & business services 154 4.7%
Other services 141 4.3%
Financial activities 25 0.8%
Construction 11 0.3%
Information 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.6%
Median gross rent: $774
Owner-occupied: 5,070
Renter-occupied: 1,222

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,277 votes cast

Republican 6,093 73.6%
Democratic 2,114 25.5%
Other / third-party 70 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 203 1.4%
Slavic languages 39 0.3%
German 14 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%
Chinese 6 0.0%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,292
Family households: 3,759; 59.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,965
Single-mother households: 222
Veterans: 990; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,370 28.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,131 14.0%
Catholic 199 1.3%
Black Protestant 150 1.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Buena Vista, Covington, Fincastle, Lexington, Monterey, New Castle, Staunton, Warm Springs, Waynesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023