Pendleton County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,707 94.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 134 2.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 85 1.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 13 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 95 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,136 18.8%
• 18–24 448 7.4%
• 25–44 1,067 17.7%
• 45–64 1,590 26.3%
• 65 and over 1,802 29.8%

Median household income

$63,245

90% interval $58,515–$67,975

+$2,583 vs WV · 12th of 55

Below poverty line

12.2%

90% interval 8.9%–15.5%

−4.0 pp vs WV · 51st of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−1.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$232.6M

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,572

Establishments

230

• Education & health services 556 36.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 297 19.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 143 9.5%
• Public administration 103 6.8%
• Natural resources & mining 85 5.6%
• Professional & business services 65 4.3%
• Financial activities 61 4.1%
• Construction 31 2.1%

The sectors listed cover 89.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

84.9%

+10.0 pp vs WV · 5th of 55

Median gross rent

$770

−$102 vs WV · 29th of 55

Owner-occupied

1,989

Renter-occupied

353

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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 (Financial activities, $80,256/yr) pays 5.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,930/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,687 78.5%
• Democratic 680 19.9%
• Other / third-party 58 1.7%

• German or other West Germanic 50 0.9%
• Korean 6 0.1%
• Arabic 6 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.1%

Households

2,342

Family households

1,608

68.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

309

19.2% of families

Single-mother families

58

3.6% of families

Veterans

436

8.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,923 31.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,460 23.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 323 5.3%
• Catholic 117 1.9%
• Black Protestant 76 1.2%

Health insured

93.2%

±2 pp

Uninsured

6.8%

±2 pp

18th of 55

With a disability

18.3%

±2.8 pp

35th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

18.5%

±3.9 pp

−5.6 pp vs WV · 28th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.8%

90% interval 7.6%–10.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

26th 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

Franklin, Moorefield, Romney

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

40.76 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2