Jury Pool Profile

Shenandoah County, Virginia

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 44,630
Median household income: $64,437
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 38,799 86.9%
Black or African American alone 1,303 2.9%
Asian alone 568 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 57 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,196 2.7%
Two or more races 2,702 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,919 8.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

Under 18 9,549 21.4%
18–24 3,294 7.4%
25–44 10,277 23.0%
45–64 11,741 26.3%
65 and over 9,769 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,986
Establishments: 1,152

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,921 21.7%
Education & health services 2,869 21.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,722 20.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,347 10.0%
Public administration 797 5.9%
Construction 737 5.5%
Professional & business services 559 4.1%
Other services 378 2.8%
Financial activities 328 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 131 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.4%
Median gross rent: $968
Owner-occupied: 12,877
Renter-occupied: 4,905

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,380 votes cast

Republican 17,215 70.6%
Democratic 6,914 28.4%
Other / third-party 251 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,025 7.2%
Other 295 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 171 0.4%
Other Indo-European 163 0.4%
Korean 128 0.3%
German 100 0.2%
Slavic languages 85 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 63 0.1%
Tagalog 35 0.1%
Chinese 18 0.0%
Vietnamese 15 0.0%
Arabic 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,782
Family households: 11,419; 64.2% of households
Married w/ children: 8,187
Single-mother households: 1,165
Veterans: 3,420; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 9,279 21.0%
Evangelical Protestant 6,709 15.2%
Catholic 1,286 2.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 670 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 16.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 11.4 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023