Jury Pool Profile
Bath County, Virginia
- County seat
- Warm Springs
- Judicial district
- 25th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 4,076
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,100.
At a glance
Bath County is a 4,076-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,429, $28,687 below the VA state median of $92,116; 16.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 37.7% of covered employment, average pay $43,666/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.74%, below the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 69% to 76% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 4,100
- Median household income
- $56,184
- Unemployment
- 2.7%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 3%.
Bath County has a population of 4,100, with a median age of 50.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 91.9%; Black residents 3.4%. Independently, 3.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $63,429; 16.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Leisure & hospitality, about 38% of covered jobs.
Leisure & hospitality is the largest employment sector at 37.7% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.74%, below the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Bath County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.5% in 2024, 73.3% in 2020, 69.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 8.8% of the adult civilian population (296 individuals).