Jury Pool Profile

Buena Vista City City, Virginia

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 6,612
Median household income: $54,458
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,689 86.0%
Black or African American alone 105 1.6%
Asian alone 43 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.1%
Some other race alone 57 0.9%
Two or more races 710 10.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 63 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.2

Under 18 1,421 21.5%
18–24 1,099 16.6%
25–44 1,359 20.6%
45–64 1,520 23.0%
65 and over 1,213 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B
Avg. annual pay: $51,168
Establishments: 161

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 961 38.3%
Education & health services 555 22.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 309 12.3%
Professional & business services 304 12.1%
Leisure & hospitality 158 6.3%
Public administration 145 5.8%
Other services 32 1.3%
Financial activities 28 1.1%
Construction 14 0.6%
Unclassified 4 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.2%
Median gross rent: $1,067
Owner-occupied: 1,493
Renter-occupied: 1,118

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,853 votes cast

Republican 2,035 71.3%
Democratic 767 26.9%
Other / third-party 51 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 27 0.4%
Other Indo-European 24 0.4%
Vietnamese 22 0.4%
German 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,611
Family households: 1,804; 69.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,134
Single-mother households: 263
Veterans: 329; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

82.2% overall adherence rate

Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,321 50.0%
Evangelical Protestant 1,656 24.9%
Mainline Protestant 479 7.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 18.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.7%

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