Jury Pool Profile
Radford City City, Virginia
- County seat
- Radford
- Judicial district
- 27th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 17,243
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 16,726.
At a glance
Radford City is a 17,243-person venue. The city population is 82% White and 9% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $53,268, $38,848 below the VA state median of $92,116; 37.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 44.8% of covered employment, average pay $51,530/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.91%, above the 3.66% state average. The city carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 48% to 53% of the vote across the three. 21% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, 3,113 people in barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 16,726
- Median household income
- $57,348
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This city: 82% / 9%.
Radford City has a population of 16,726, with a median age of 23.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 82.4%; Black residents 9.4%. Independently, 4.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $53,268; 37.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 27.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 45% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 44.8% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 12.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.91%, above the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this city in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 50%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Radford City was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 49.3% in 2024, 53.1% in 2020, 48.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 43% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 3.3% of the adult civilian population (485 individuals).