Jury Pool Profile

Pendleton County, West Virginia

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 6,111
Median household income: $61,738
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,798 94.9%
Black or African American alone 131 2.1%
Asian alone 12 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 156 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 115 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.8

Under 18 1,153 18.9%
18–24 397 6.5%
25–44 1,127 18.4%
45–64 1,654 27.1%
65 and over 1,780 29.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -1.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $232.6M; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,455
Establishments: 228

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 566 37.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 295 19.7%
Leisure & hospitality 151 10.1%
Public administration 102 6.8%
Professional & business services 66 4.4%
Construction 65 4.3%
Financial activities 60 4.0%
Other services 48 3.2%
Information 23 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.5%
Median gross rent: $754
Owner-occupied: 1,896
Renter-occupied: 403

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,425 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

German 41 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%
Korean 5 0.1%
Arabic 5 0.1%
Spanish 2 0.0%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,299
Family households: 1,603; 69.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,361
Single-mother households: 80
Veterans: 440; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.5% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 18.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

West Virginia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 20.17 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023