Jury Pool Profile

Roanoke County, Virginia

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 96,793
Median household income: $82,931
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 81,848 84.6%
Black or African American alone 6,161 6.4%
Asian alone 3,520 3.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 262 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 27 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,200 1.2%
Two or more races 3,775 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,691 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 19,212 19.8%
18–24 7,203 7.4%
25–44 23,483 24.3%
45–64 25,791 26.6%
65 and over 21,104 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.2B
Avg. annual pay: $54,899
Establishments: 2,678

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,382 25.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,004 18.7%
Professional & business services 6,570 17.5%
Manufacturing 4,294 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 3,905 10.4%
Construction 1,721 4.6%
Financial activities 1,579 4.2%
Public administration 1,363 3.6%
Other services 1,072 2.9%
Information 468 1.2%
Unclassified 77 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 9 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.3%
Median gross rent: $1,148
Owner-occupied: 29,919
Renter-occupied: 9,312

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 56,789 votes cast

Republican 34,453 60.7%
Democratic 21,693 38.2%
Other / third-party 643 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,332 3.6%
Other Indo-European 1,551 1.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 805 0.9%
Chinese 543 0.6%
Slavic languages 398 0.4%
Vietnamese 379 0.4%
Arabic 248 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 240 0.3%
German 179 0.2%
Other 179 0.2%
Korean 26 0.0%
Tagalog 22 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 39,231
Family households: 25,298; 64.5% of households
Married w/ children: 19,548
Single-mother households: 2,037
Veterans: 6,275; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 24,143 24.9%
Catholic 6,661 6.9%
Mainline Protestant 6,640 6.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,615 1.7%
Black Protestant 800 0.8%
Orthodox 238 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Roanoke, Salem

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 11.6 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023