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Jury Pool Profile

Page County, Virginia

Republican +54.1 (2024)
County seat
Luray
Judicial district
26th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
23,762
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 23,727.

At a glance

Page County is a 23,762-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,580, $28,536 below the VA state median of $92,116; 15.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 18.4% of covered employment, average pay $33,003/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.35%, above the 3.66% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 73% to 77% of the vote across the three.

Population
23,727
Median household income
$57,037
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 2%.

Page County has a population of 23,727, with a median age of 45.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.2%; Black residents 2.1%. Independently, 2.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $63,580; 15.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 21,823 92.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 609 2.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 498 2.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 94 0.4%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 513 2.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 37 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 153 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 45.4

  • Under 18 4,661 19.6%
  • 18–24 1,644 6.9%
  • 25–44 5,407 22.8%
  • 45–64 6,729 28.4%
  • 65 and over 5,286 22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$63,580
90% interval $56,503–$70,657
−$28,536 vs VA · 84th of 133
Below poverty line
12.2%
90% interval 9.4%–15.0%
+2.4 pp vs VA · 64th of 133

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 24% of covered jobs.

Leisure & hospitality is the largest published sector at 18.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.35%, above the Virginia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
+0.69 pp vs. state
County GDP
$892.0M
0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay
$45,132
Establishments
617

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Leisure & hospitality 1,020 18.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 918 16.6%
  • Education & health services 735 13.3%
  • Manufacturing 621 11.2%
  • Professional & business services 514 9.3%
  • Public administration 391 7.1%
  • Financial activities 192 3.5%
  • Other services 145 2.6%
  • Construction 27 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 82.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
71.8%
+4.5 pp vs VA · 80th of 133
Median gross rent
$879
−$700 vs VA · 94th of 133
Owner-occupied
7,112
Renter-occupied
2,799

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 48% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 2.0× the lowest ($66,389 vs $32,905/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 9.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 75%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Page County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.6% in 2024, 74.7% in 2020, 73.4% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,211 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201673.4%23.6%
202074.7%24.0%
202476.6%22.5%
  • Republican 10,123 76.6%
  • Democratic 2,976 22.5%
  • Other / third-party 112 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 8.1% of the adult civilian population (1,534 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 512 2.3%
  • Arabic 126 0.6%
  • German or other West Germanic 75 0.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 26 0.1%
  • Tagalog 22 0.1%
  • Chinese 5 0.0%
  • Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
9,911
Family households
6,086
61.4% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,461
24.0% of families
Single-mother families
469
7.7% of families
Veterans
1,534
8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

31.8% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 3,773 15.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 2,896 12.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 460 1.9%
  • Catholic 400 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.0%
±1.5 pp
Uninsured
8.0%
±1.5 pp
29th of 133
With a disability
19.2%
±1.8 pp
33rd of 133
Bachelor's or higher
15.2%
±2.2 pp
−27.0 pp vs VA · 120th of 133
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.2%
90% interval 9.0%–11.4% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Page totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 5 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
5
26.22 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
5

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Page County, Virginia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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