Jury Pool Profile

Harrisonburg City City, Virginia

Democratic +25 (2024)

Population: 51,492
Median household income: $59,752
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,248 66.5%
Black or African American alone 3,915 7.6%
Asian alone 1,664 3.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 295 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,894 7.6%
Two or more races 7,476 14.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,890 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 25.4

Under 18 8,801 17.1%
18–24 16,545 32.1%
25–44 12,136 23.6%
45–64 8,821 17.1%
65 and over 5,189 10.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.61 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.7B
Avg. annual pay: $50,381
Establishments: 1,754

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,628 31.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,968 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 5,252 16.9%
Manufacturing 3,757 12.1%
Professional & business services 1,864 6.0%
Construction 1,252 4.0%
Financial activities 1,071 3.5%
Other services 792 2.6%
Public administration 756 2.4%
Information 482 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 162 0.5%
Unclassified 56 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 39.9%
Median gross rent: $1,120
Owner-occupied: 6,922
Renter-occupied: 10,409

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,245 votes cast

Democratic 10,641 61.7%
Republican 6,266 36.3%
Other / third-party 338 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

73.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,282 19.0%
Other Indo-European 767 1.6%
Other 758 1.6%
Slavic languages 457 0.9%
Arabic 426 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 338 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 331 0.7%
Korean 227 0.5%
German 218 0.4%
Vietnamese 168 0.3%
Chinese 120 0.2%
Tagalog 85 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,331
Family households: 8,949; 51.6% of households
Married w/ children: 5,881
Single-mother households: 1,362
Veterans: 1,171; 2.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,718 28.4%
Catholic 5,166 10.0%
Mainline Protestant 4,583 8.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,942 7.6%
Orthodox 545 1.1%
Black Protestant 180 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.8%
With a disability: 10.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.7%

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: 3; 7.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023