Jury Pool Profile

Covington City City, Virginia

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 5,671
Median household income: $42,724
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,539 80.0%
Black or African American alone 700 12.3%
Asian alone 67 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 124 2.2%
Two or more races 241 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 184 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 1,291 22.8%
18–24 557 9.8%
25–44 1,353 23.9%
45–64 1,367 24.1%
65 and over 1,103 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B
Avg. annual pay: $57,912
Establishments: 293

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 803 21.5%
Education & health services 631 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 304 8.2%
Professional & business services 124 3.3%
Other services 123 3.3%
Financial activities 114 3.1%
Public administration 109 2.9%
Construction 40 1.1%
Information 34 0.9%
Unclassified 8 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.4%
Median gross rent: $822
Owner-occupied: 1,781
Renter-occupied: 712

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,475 votes cast

Republican 1,642 66.3%
Democratic 818 33.1%
Other / third-party 15 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 177 3.3%
Chinese 31 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.6%
Korean 19 0.4%
Tagalog 17 0.3%
German 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,493
Family households: 1,479; 59.3% of households
Married w/ children: 948
Single-mother households: 244
Veterans: 271; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

81.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,015 35.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,861 32.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 353 6.2%
Black Protestant 250 4.4%
Catholic 211 3.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 9.6%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023