Jury Pool Profile

Bath County, Virginia

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 4,123
Median household income: $61,709
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,751 91.0%
Black or African American alone 155 3.8%
Asian alone 18 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 122 3.0%
Two or more races 64 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 153 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 52.3

Under 18 707 17.1%
18–24 227 5.5%
25–44 737 17.9%
45–64 1,324 32.1%
65 and over 1,128 27.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $327.0M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,442
Establishments: 258

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 788 35.3%
Education & health services 494 22.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 272 12.2%
Professional & business services 184 8.2%
Manufacturing 170 7.6%
Public administration 120 5.4%
Construction 119 5.3%
Other services 37 1.7%
Financial activities 28 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 12 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.4%
Median gross rent: $825
Owner-occupied: 1,343
Renter-occupied: 438

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,582 votes cast

Republican 1,976 76.5%
Democratic 588 22.8%
Other / third-party 18 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 133 3.4%
Other Indo-European 21 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.5%
Slavic languages 9 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,781
Family households: 1,129; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 951
Single-mother households: 74
Veterans: 364; 10.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 683 16.2%
Mainline Protestant 662 15.7%
Catholic 66 1.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.1%
With a disability: 14.5%
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: 3; 87.82 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023