Jury Pool Profile

Clarke County, Virginia

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 15,060
Median household income: $114,185
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,750 84.7%
Black or African American alone 902 6.0%
Asian alone 192 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 649 4.3%
Two or more races 529 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,063 7.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.3

Under 18 2,859 19.0%
18–24 1,096 7.3%
25–44 2,994 19.9%
45–64 4,826 32.0%
65 and over 3,285 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $611.6M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,137
Establishments: 492

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,012 26.1%
Manufacturing 593 15.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 476 12.3%
Professional & business services 461 11.9%
Construction 367 9.5%
Leisure & hospitality 287 7.4%
Public administration 253 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 168 4.3%
Other services 128 3.3%
Financial activities 103 2.7%
Information 25 0.6%
Unclassified 8 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.1%
Median gross rent: $1,360
Owner-occupied: 4,638
Renter-occupied: 1,013

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,782 votes cast

Republican 5,641 57.7%
Democratic 3,993 40.8%
Other / third-party 148 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 974 6.7%
German 213 1.5%
Tagalog 74 0.5%
Other Indo-European 62 0.4%
Arabic 34 0.2%
Chinese 30 0.2%
Korean 8 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,651
Family households: 4,027; 71.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,369
Single-mother households: 164
Veterans: 1,177; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,646 17.9%
Catholic 1,383 9.4%
Evangelical Protestant 1,123 7.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 498 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Berryville, Front Royal, Harrisonburg, Luray, Winchester, Woodstock

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 40.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023