Jury Pool Profile

Winchester City City, Virginia

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 27,981
Median household income: $64,648
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,314 69.0%
Black or African American alone 2,578 9.2%
Asian alone 647 2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 69 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,252 8.0%
Two or more races 3,121 11.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,611 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.7

Under 18 6,276 22.4%
18–24 3,146 11.2%
25–44 7,264 26.0%
45–64 6,507 23.3%
65 and over 4,788 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.9B
Avg. annual pay: $62,266
Establishments: 1,480

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,486 38.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,352 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 3,155 12.7%
Professional & business services 2,809 11.3%
Public administration 1,504 6.0%
Manufacturing 1,421 5.7%
Financial activities 744 3.0%
Other services 644 2.6%
Information 163 0.7%
Unclassified 30 0.1%
Construction 29 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 41.9%
Median gross rent: $1,298
Owner-occupied: 4,711
Renter-occupied: 6,544

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,822 votes cast

Democratic 6,407 54.2%
Republican 5,252 44.4%
Other / third-party 163 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

79.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,095 15.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 389 1.5%
Other Indo-European 310 1.2%
Slavic languages 215 0.8%
Other 123 0.5%
Vietnamese 93 0.4%
German 53 0.2%
Chinese 42 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 39 0.1%
Arabic 26 0.1%
Tagalog 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,255
Family households: 6,021; 53.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,932
Single-mother households: 871
Veterans: 1,080; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

76.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 9,812 34.9%
Mainline Protestant 5,831 20.7%
Evangelical Protestant 3,826 13.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,654 5.9%
Black Protestant 226 0.8%
Orthodox 125 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.6%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.6%

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: 1; 4.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023