Warren County, Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 33,781 81.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,064 7.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,097 5.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 561 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,514 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 509 1.2%

• Under 18 8,970 21.6%
• 18–24 3,240 7.8%
• 25–44 10,847 26.1%
• 45–64 11,313 27.2%
• 65 and over 7,161 17.2%

Median household income

$85,203

90% interval $78,493–$91,913

−$6,913 vs VA · 37th of 133

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 8.0%–11.6%

+0.0 pp vs VA · 89th of 133

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.17 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.6B

0.34% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,103

Establishments

1,173

• Education & health services 3,186 24.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,946 22.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,819 14.0%
• Manufacturing 1,349 10.4%
• Professional & business services 1,207 9.3%
• Public administration 650 5.0%
• Other services 487 3.8%
• Financial activities 339 2.6%
• Construction 55 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 92.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.9%

+8.6 pp vs VA · 58th of 133

Median gross rent

$1,199

−$380 vs VA · 50th of 133

Owner-occupied

11,635

Renter-occupied

3,704

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $80,178/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,161/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 15,400 68.3%
• Democratic 6,910 30.6%
• Other / third-party 251 1.1%

• Spanish 1,859 4.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 68 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 58 0.1%
• Chinese 58 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 48 0.1%
• Korean 34 0.1%
• Tagalog 25 0.1%
• Arabic 24 0.1%
• Vietnamese 8 0.0%

Households

15,339

Family households

10,538

68.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,086

29.3% of families

Single-mother families

740

7.0% of families

Veterans

3,050

9.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,547 11.2%
• Catholic 4,543 11.2%
• Mainline Protestant 3,636 8.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,946 7.2%
• Black Protestant 76 0.2%

Health insured

91.0%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

9.0%

±1.7 pp

20th of 133

With a disability

14.9%

±1.6 pp

73rd of 133

Bachelor's or higher

25.0%

±2.5 pp

−17.2 pp vs VA · 77th of 133

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.3%

90% interval 8.3%–10.3% · 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

3

9.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3