Jury Pool Profile

Norton City City, Virginia

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 3,620
Median household income: $38,497
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,444 95.1%
Black or African American alone 48 1.3%
Asian alone 2 0.1%
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 126 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 683 18.9%
18–24 348 9.6%
25–44 978 27.0%
45–64 865 23.9%
65 and over 746 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B
Avg. annual pay: $45,715
Establishments: 231

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,061 34.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 756 24.7%
Leisure & hospitality 416 13.6%
Professional & business services 245 8.0%
Public administration 194 6.3%
Manufacturing 116 3.8%
Financial activities 60 2.0%
Other services 54 1.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 52.3%
Median gross rent: $670
Owner-occupied: 812
Renter-occupied: 741

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,643 votes cast

Republican 1,174 71.5%
Democratic 458 27.9%
Other / third-party 11 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.5% speak only English at home

German 17 0.5%
Chinese 2 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,553
Family households: 896; 57.7% of households
Married w/ children: 588
Single-mother households: 200
Veterans: 184; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,335 36.2%
Black Protestant 192 5.2%
Catholic 136 3.7%
Mainline Protestant 99 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.5%
With a disability: 30.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 30th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Gate City, Jonesville, Norton, Wise

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