Jury Pool Profile

Rutland County, Vermont

Democratic +5 (2024)

Population: 60,484
Median household income: $64,778
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 56,765 93.9%
Black or African American alone 412 0.7%
Asian alone 333 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 88 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 216 0.4%
Two or more races 2,670 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,279 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.7

Under 18 10,609 17.5%
18–24 4,811 8.0%
25–44 13,126 21.7%
45–64 17,438 28.8%
65 and over 14,500 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; +0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.8B; 8.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,753
Establishments: 2,662

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,640 26.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,402 21.3%
Leisure & hospitality 3,559 14.1%
Manufacturing 2,555 10.1%
Professional & business services 2,368 9.4%
Construction 1,488 5.9%
Public administration 1,072 4.2%
Other services 764 3.0%
Financial activities 689 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 423 1.7%
Information 227 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.7%
Median gross rent: $965
Owner-occupied: 18,496
Renter-occupied: 6,952

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 33,883 votes cast

Democratic 17,375 51.3%
Republican 15,586 46.0%
Other / third-party 922 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 962 1.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 551 0.9%
Other Indo-European 237 0.4%
German 202 0.3%
Slavic languages 137 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 132 0.2%
Tagalog 94 0.2%
Other 61 0.1%
Korean 47 0.1%
Chinese 14 0.0%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,448
Family households: 14,378; 56.5% of households
Married w/ children: 11,454
Single-mother households: 931
Veterans: 3,685; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 11,049 18.2%
Evangelical Protestant 7,544 12.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,536 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,083 3.4%
Orthodox 5 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 15.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Rutland County Superior Court
Judges: 4 (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: Rutland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Vermont statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 26.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023