Jury Pool Profile

Highland County, Virginia

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 2,265
Median household income: $62,946
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,139 94.4%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 70 3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 56 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 57.1

Under 18 314 13.9%
18–24 237 10.5%
25–44 331 14.6%
45–64 607 26.8%
65 and over 776 34.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $110.6M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,493
Establishments: 135

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 149 24.2%
Information 113 18.4%
Public administration 84 13.7%
Construction 76 12.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 54 8.8%
Financial activities 32 5.2%
Leisure & hospitality 26 4.2%
Other services 24 3.9%
Professional & business services 23 3.7%
Manufacturing 17 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 13 2.1%
Unclassified 3 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 88.1%
Median gross rent: $859
Owner-occupied: 884
Renter-occupied: 119

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,529 votes cast

Republican 1,095 71.6%
Democratic 416 27.2%
Other / third-party 18 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Tagalog 12 0.5%
Spanish 11 0.5%
Korean 8 0.4%
German 6 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,003
Family households: 645; 64.3% of households
Married w/ children: 544
Single-mother households: 16
Veterans: 156; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 680 30.5%
Evangelical Protestant 549 24.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.5%

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: 4; 205.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023