Jury Pool Profile

Lexington City City, Virginia

Democratic +27 (2024)

Population: 7,420
Median household income: $89,598
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,061 81.7%
Black or African American alone 346 4.7%
Asian alone 238 3.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 61 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 79 1.1%
Two or more races 635 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 362 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 22.5

Under 18 526 7.1%
18–24 3,643 49.1%
25–44 972 13.1%
45–64 1,065 14.4%
65 and over 1,214 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B
Avg. annual pay: $50,009
Establishments: 310

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,368 62.6%
Leisure & hospitality 894 16.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 404 7.5%
Other services 166 3.1%
Financial activities 147 2.7%
Public administration 139 2.6%
Professional & business services 125 2.3%
Information 77 1.4%
Construction 37 0.7%
Unclassified 13 0.2%
Manufacturing 10 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 51.7%
Median gross rent: $985
Owner-occupied: 1,065
Renter-occupied: 996

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,863 votes cast

Democratic 1,795 62.7%
Republican 1,030 36.0%
Other / third-party 38 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 217 3.0%
Chinese 110 1.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 61 0.8%
Other Indo-European 57 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 44 0.6%
Slavic languages 30 0.4%
Korean 26 0.4%
Other 13 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,061
Family households: 973; 47.2% of households
Married w/ children: 780
Single-mother households: 111
Veterans: 223; 3.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

92.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,802 51.9%
Catholic 1,768 24.2%
Mainline Protestant 962 13.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 207 2.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.9%
With a disability: 10.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 57.3%

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