Rockingham County, Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 72,239 84.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,966 9.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,853 2.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 936 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,249 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 41 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 54 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 262 0.3%

• Under 18 18,926 22.1%
• 18–24 7,900 9.2%
• 25–44 20,545 24.0%
• 45–64 21,044 24.6%
• 65 and over 17,185 20.1%

Median household income

$81,772

90% interval $78,264–$85,280

−$10,344 vs VA · 41st of 133

Below poverty line

8.2%

90% interval 6.5%–9.9%

−1.6 pp vs VA · 104th of 133

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.57 pp vs. state

County GDP

$10.7B

Avg. annual pay

$59,443

Establishments

2,076

• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,768 25.1%
• Education & health services 7,641 21.9%
• Manufacturing 6,372 18.2%
• Construction 3,212 9.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,741 7.8%
• Professional & business services 2,405 6.9%
• Public administration 1,151 3.3%
• Financial activities 918 2.6%
• Other services 784 2.2%
• Natural resources & mining 763 2.2%
• Unclassified 94 0.3%
• Information 90 0.3%

Home ownership

75.3%

+8.0 pp vs VA · 63rd of 133

Median gross rent

$1,160

−$419 vs VA · 57th of 133

Owner-occupied

24,604

Renter-occupied

8,082

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $67,810/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,730/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 33,033 68.0%
• Democratic 15,035 30.9%
• Other / third-party 513 1.1%

• Spanish 5,521 6.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,075 1.3%
• Arabic 295 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 194 0.2%
• Vietnamese 107 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 104 0.1%
• Tagalog 69 0.1%
• Chinese 42 0.1%

Households

32,686

Family households

22,591

69.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,745

29.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,522

6.7% of families

Veterans

3,920

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 28,608 34.2%
• Mainline Protestant 10,082 12.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,158 1.4%
• Catholic 203 0.2%
• Black Protestant 120 0.1%

Health insured

89.4%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

10.6%

±1.2 pp

8th of 133

With a disability

13.2%

±1 pp

93rd of 133

Bachelor's or higher

29.0%

±1.5 pp

−13.2 pp vs VA · 58th of 133

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.2%

90% interval 10.1%–12.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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.

Traffic fatalities

12

18 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12