Braxton County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,555 86.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 69 0.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 70 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,482 12.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 21 0.2%

• Under 18 2,245 18.4%
• 18–24 821 6.7%
• 25–44 2,747 22.5%
• 45–64 3,352 27.5%
• 65 and over 3,043 24.9%

Median household income

$53,011

90% interval $47,327–$58,695

−$7,651 vs WV · 39th of 55

Below poverty line

19.9%

90% interval 16.0%–23.8%

+3.7 pp vs WV · 12th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$417.2M

0.39% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,641

Establishments

388

• Professional & business services 1,552 31.2%
• Education & health services 1,216 24.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 854 17.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 332 6.7%
• Manufacturing 312 6.3%
• Public administration 257 5.2%
• Construction 182 3.7%
• Other services 116 2.3%
• Natural resources & mining 63 1.3%
• Financial activities 58 1.2%
• Information 35 0.7%

Home ownership

76.8%

+1.9 pp vs WV · 36th of 55

Median gross rent

$606

−$266 vs WV · 52nd of 55

Owner-occupied

3,680

Renter-occupied

1,110

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 73% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $67,522/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,439/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 3,991 75.1%
• Democratic 1,233 23.2%
• Other / third-party 89 1.7%

• Spanish 29 0.2%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%
• Chinese 1 0.0%

Households

4,790

Family households

3,321

69.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

749

22.6% of families

Single-mother families

168

5.1% of families

Veterans

873

8.8% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 3,623 29.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,220 9.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 376 3.0%
• Catholic 260 2.1%

Health insured

91.5%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

8.5%

±2.3 pp

4th of 55

With a disability

18.0%

±2.2 pp

37th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

14.4%

±2.7 pp

−9.7 pp vs WV · 42nd of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.7%

90% interval 7.6%–9.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

17th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courtswv.gov; cross-checked against W. Va. Code § 51-2-1a. Magistrate Courts (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small civil up to $10K) are separately allocated one per county and not counted here. Family Court judges (domestic relations) also separate.)

Court seats

Clay, Glenville, Sutton, Webster Springs

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

20.07 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2