Jury Pool Profile

Waynesboro City City, Virginia

Republican +6 (2024)

Population: 22,574
Median household income: $56,364
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,061 75.6%
Black or African American alone 2,682 11.9%
Asian alone 419 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 56 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 366 1.6%
Two or more races 1,990 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,071 9.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 5,091 22.6%
18–24 1,468 6.5%
25–44 6,468 28.7%
45–64 5,549 24.6%
65 and over 3,998 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.2B
Avg. annual pay: $49,057
Establishments: 776

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,576 27.0%
Education & health services 1,574 16.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,477 15.5%
Professional & business services 1,122 11.7%
Manufacturing 1,102 11.5%
Other services 382 4.0%
Financial activities 275 2.9%
Public administration 247 2.6%
Information 140 1.5%
Construction 22 0.2%
Unclassified 18 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.6%
Median gross rent: $972
Owner-occupied: 5,731
Renter-occupied: 3,889

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,274 votes cast

Republican 5,882 52.2%
Democratic 5,240 46.5%
Other / third-party 152 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,199 5.7%
Vietnamese 312 1.5%
Other Indo-European 50 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
Tagalog 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,620
Family households: 5,348; 55.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,219
Single-mother households: 786
Veterans: 1,466; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,962 22.4%
Mainline Protestant 4,761 21.4%
Catholic 4,353 19.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 708 3.2%
Black Protestant 280 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 19.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Buena Vista, Covington, Fincastle, Lexington, Monterey, New Castle, Staunton, Warm Springs, Waynesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 5.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023