Grant County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,527 95.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79 0.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 185 1.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 19 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 172 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%

• Under 18 2,156 19.6%
• 18–24 708 6.4%
• 25–44 2,343 21.3%
• 45–64 3,004 27.4%
• 65 and over 2,772 25.2%

Median household income

$56,277

90% interval $49,894–$62,660

−$4,385 vs WV · 31st of 55

Below poverty line

14.5%

90% interval 10.8%–18.2%

−1.7 pp vs WV · 43rd of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$618.8M

0.58% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,048

Establishments

370

• Education & health services 1,310 35.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 892 23.8%
• Construction 476 12.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 294 7.9%
• Public administration 170 4.5%
• Manufacturing 170 4.5%
• Professional & business services 127 3.4%
• Financial activities 113 3.0%
• Other services 88 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 82 2.2%
• Information 19 0.5%
• Unclassified 3 0.1%

Home ownership

81.1%

+6.2 pp vs WV · 21st of 55

Median gross rent

$644

−$228 vs WV · 49th of 55

Owner-occupied

3,562

Renter-occupied

831

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $71,563/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,566/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 4,949 88.9%
• Democratic 552 9.9%
• Other / third-party 67 1.2%

• German or other West Germanic 25 0.2%
• Tagalog 19 0.2%
• Spanish 18 0.2%

Households

4,393

Family households

2,918

66.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

841

28.8% of families

Single-mother families

143

4.9% of families

Veterans

734

8.3% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,811 16.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,684 15.3%
• Catholic 277 2.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 251 2.3%

Health insured

95.4%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

4.6%

±2.1 pp

53rd of 55

With a disability

16.2%

±2.9 pp

45th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

14.0%

±2.9 pp

−10.1 pp vs WV · 45th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.5%–8.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

25th 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

Keyser, Petersburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

11.33 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1