Jury Pool Profile

Essex County, Vermont

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 5,972
Median household income: $58,985
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,654 94.7%
Black or African American alone 3 0.1%
Asian alone 59 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 35 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 221 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.4

Under 18 1,026 17.2%
18–24 394 6.6%
25–44 1,105 18.5%
45–64 1,853 31.0%
65 and over 1,594 26.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.99 pp vs. state
County GDP: $182.9M; 0.4% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,646
Establishments: 180

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 128 12.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 113 10.6%
Natural resources & mining 106 9.9%
Education & health services 105 9.8%
Leisure & hospitality 97 9.1%
Public administration 76 7.1%
Professional & business services 54 5.1%
Financial activities 16 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.2%
Median gross rent: $915
Owner-occupied: 2,270
Renter-occupied: 459

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,410 votes cast

Republican 1,890 55.4%
Democratic 1,344 39.4%
Other / third-party 176 5.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 258 4.5%
Spanish 42 0.7%
Chinese 24 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.2%
Other Indo-European 5 0.1%
German 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,729
Family households: 1,658; 60.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,240
Single-mother households: 181
Veterans: 526; 10.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

17.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 802 13.5%
Mainline Protestant 108 1.8%
Evangelical Protestant 100 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 23.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Essex County Superior Court
Judges: 1 (Vermont Superior Court Judge — approximate primary/resident assignment per county unit (Civil + Criminal Division combined). VT has ~33 Judges statewide who rotate assignments among the 14 county units under a unified bench (4 V.S.A. § 30), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Vintage 2026 vermontjudiciary.org roster.)
Court seats: Guildhall

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Vermont statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 20.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023