Jefferson County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 47,108 79.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,630 7.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,320 5.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 814 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,953 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 26 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 409 0.7%

• Under 18 12,512 21.1%
• 18–24 5,149 8.7%
• 25–44 14,551 24.6%
• 45–64 16,786 28.3%
• 65 and over 10,262 17.3%

Median household income

$92,550

90% interval $86,133–$98,967

+$31,888 vs WV · 1st of 55

Below poverty line

8.7%

90% interval 6.9%–10.5%

−7.5 pp vs WV · 55th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−1.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.0B

2.85% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,562

Establishments

2,463

• Education & health services 4,007 23.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,705 21.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,721 15.9%
• Public administration 2,183 12.7%
• Professional & business services 1,792 10.5%
• Financial activities 670 3.9%
• Manufacturing 590 3.4%
• Other services 534 3.1%
• Construction 37 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 94.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.3%

+5.4 pp vs WV · 25th of 55

Median gross rent

$1,108

+$236 vs WV · 2nd of 55

Owner-occupied

18,305

Renter-occupied

4,499

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $119,730/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $32,863/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 16,573 56.8%
• Democratic 11,967 41.0%
• Other / third-party 616 2.1%

• Spanish 2,471 4.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 117 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 103 0.2%
• Korean 92 0.2%
• Tagalog 89 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 74 0.1%
• Chinese 49 0.1%
• Vietnamese 39 0.1%

Households

22,804

Family households

15,986

70.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,414

27.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,343

8.4% of families

Veterans

4,532

9.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 7,235 12.5%
• Mainline Protestant 6,187 10.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,199 7.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,468 2.5%
• Black Protestant 202 0.4%

Health insured

94.0%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±0.9 pp

35th of 55

With a disability

12.8%

±1 pp

54th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

33.9%

±1.9 pp

+9.8 pp vs WV · 2nd of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.9%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

28th 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

Charles Town

Traffic fatalities

11

23.53 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9