Jury Pool Profile

Wythe County, Virginia

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 28,219
Median household income: $55,359
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,413 93.6%
Black or African American alone 668 2.4%
Asian alone 216 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 26 0.1%
Some other race alone 81 0.3%
Two or more races 811 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 421 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.9

Under 18 5,506 19.5%
18–24 1,982 7.0%
25–44 6,250 22.1%
45–64 8,280 29.3%
65 and over 6,201 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,558
Establishments: 936

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,571 22.2%
Manufacturing 2,501 21.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,269 19.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,592 13.8%
Public administration 706 6.1%
Professional & business services 650 5.6%
Construction 463 4.0%
Financial activities 279 2.4%
Other services 266 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 193 1.7%
Unclassified 55 0.5%
Information 28 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.6%
Median gross rent: $718
Owner-occupied: 9,493
Renter-occupied: 2,903

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,439 votes cast

Republican 12,267 79.5%
Democratic 3,075 19.9%
Other / third-party 97 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 285 1.1%
Other Indo-European 132 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 37 0.1%
Chinese 34 0.1%
Slavic languages 24 0.1%
German 20 0.1%
Vietnamese 15 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.0%
Other 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,396
Family households: 7,748; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 6,124
Single-mother households: 458
Veterans: 1,590; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,050 28.5%
Mainline Protestant 4,481 15.8%
Catholic 592 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 458 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 19.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 27th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (Active Circuit Court judges per Va. Code § 17.1-507; vintage 2026 vacourts.gov)
Court seats: Bland, Christiansburg, Floyd, Galax, Hillsville, Independence, Pearisburg, Pulaski, Radford, Wytheville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 48.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023