Jury Pool Profile
Staunton City City, Virginia
- County seat
- Staunton
- Judicial district
- 25th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 26,801
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 25,948.
At a glance
Staunton City is a 26,801-person venue. The city population is 79% White and 11% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $66,646, $25,470 below the VA state median of $92,116; 37.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 33.0% of covered employment, average pay $52,775/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.25%, below the 3.66% state average. The city carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 48% to 56% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 25,948
- Median household income
- $65,581
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This city: 79% / 11%.
Staunton City has a population of 25,948, with a median age of 39.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 79.3%; Black residents 10.9%. Independently, 4.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $66,646; 37.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.1% 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 33% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 33.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.25%, below the Virginia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this city in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 52%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Staunton City was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 56.0% in 2024, 53.7% in 2020, 47.8% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 54% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 8.3% of the adult civilian population (1,741 individuals).