Jury Pool Profile

Botetourt County, Virginia

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 33,875
Median household income: $80,467
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,066 91.7%
Black or African American alone 800 2.4%
Asian alone 199 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 84 0.2%
Some other race alone 492 1.5%
Two or more races 1,196 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 803 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.1

Under 18 6,355 18.8%
18–24 2,371 7.0%
25–44 6,950 20.5%
45–64 10,194 30.1%
65 and over 8,005 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,347
Establishments: 982

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,930 25.0%
Manufacturing 2,426 20.7%
Education & health services 2,202 18.8%
Professional & business services 1,348 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 894 7.6%
Construction 785 6.7%
Public administration 444 3.8%
Financial activities 303 2.6%
Other services 214 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 85 0.7%
Information 68 0.6%
Unclassified 30 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.8%
Median gross rent: $951
Owner-occupied: 11,245
Renter-occupied: 1,860

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,893 votes cast

Republican 15,796 72.2%
Democratic 5,915 27.0%
Other / third-party 182 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 477 1.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 73 0.2%
Other Indo-European 59 0.2%
Korean 28 0.1%
Slavic languages 23 0.1%
German 19 0.1%
Tagalog 8 0.0%
Other 8 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,105
Family households: 9,099; 69.4% of households
Married w/ children: 7,564
Single-mother households: 387
Veterans: 2,585; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,662 37.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,571 7.7%
Catholic 939 2.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 715 2.1%
Black Protestant 126 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.5%
With a disability: 11.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.5%

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: 10; 36.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023