Frederick County, Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 73,583 77.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,843 12.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,167 4.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,852 1.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,960 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 85 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 42 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 476 0.5%

• Under 18 21,524 22.7%
• 18–24 6,965 7.3%
• 25–44 23,928 25.2%
• 45–64 24,760 26.1%
• 65 and over 17,831 18.8%

Median household income

$95,730

90% interval $89,641–$101,819

+$3,614 vs VA · 23rd of 133

Below poverty line

6.3%

90% interval 4.8%–7.8%

−3.5 pp vs VA · 124th of 133

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.9B

Avg. annual pay

$62,700

Establishments

2,236

• Trade, transportation & utilities 10,760 28.1%
• Manufacturing 6,335 16.5%
• Education & health services 5,606 14.6%
• Professional & business services 3,497 9.1%
• Financial activities 3,274 8.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,866 7.5%
• Construction 2,359 6.2%
• Public administration 2,020 5.3%
• Other services 897 2.3%
• Natural resources & mining 387 1.0%
• Information 221 0.6%
• Unclassified 65 0.2%

Home ownership

79.3%

+12.0 pp vs VA · 37th of 133

Median gross rent

$1,507

−$72 vs VA · 28th of 133

Owner-occupied

28,068

Renter-occupied

7,317

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $97,412/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,772/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 33,117 63.6%
• Democratic 18,331 35.2%
• Other / third-party 592 1.1%

• Spanish 8,334 9.3%
• German or other West Germanic 278 0.3%
• Tagalog 247 0.3%
• Vietnamese 198 0.2%
• Chinese 179 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 141 0.2%
• Arabic 99 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 84 0.1%
• Korean 80 0.1%

Households

35,385

Family households

25,110

71.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,220

28.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,880

7.5% of families

Veterans

6,901

9.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 19,081 20.9%
• Mainline Protestant 8,770 9.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,211 2.4%
• Black Protestant 120 0.1%
• Orthodox 99 0.1%

Health insured

93.6%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±0.8 pp

64th of 133

With a disability

12.0%

±0.8 pp

106th of 133

Bachelor's or higher

31.9%

±1.7 pp

−10.3 pp vs VA · 49th of 133

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.3%

90% interval 8.4%–10.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

15

20.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10