15,038 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.1% since 2020)
535 square miles of land · 28 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
9 active community water systems list Page County in the area they serve, reporting 15,993 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CLARINDA WATER PLANT surface water · local government · IA7329029 | 5,305 served |
| SHENANDOAH WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · IA7383045 | 4,933 served |
| SOUTHWEST REG WATER DISTRICT (CLARINDA) buys surface water · private · IA7383901 | 2,942 served |
| CLARINDA TREATMENT COMPLEX groundwater · state · IA7329501 | 1,439 served |
| ESSEX WATER SUPPLY groundwater · local government · IA7349023 | 722 served |
| COIN WATER SUPPLY buys groundwater · local government · IA7335054 | 176 served |
| COLLEGE SPRINGS WATER SUPPLY buys surface water · local government · IA7341059 | 170 served |
| SHAMBAUGH MUNI WATER SUPPLY buys surface water · local government · IA7380036 | 159 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 15 people were held in Page County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 158 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 14.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
4 school districts have their office in Page County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $16.9 million — $14.9 million to run schools, about $13,867 per student, plus $720,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.8 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.1 million.
Spent $15 million — $12.9 million to run schools, about $12,124 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.3 million local (mostly property tax), $8.5 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $235,000.
Spent $4.4 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $14,141 per student, plus $866,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $291,000 federal. Long-term debt: $570,000.
Spent $3.5 million — $2.2 million to run schools, about $19,770 per student, plus $199,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $597,000 federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Page County about $12.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
191 bridges in Page County: 50 in good condition, 85 fair, and 56 poor (29.3%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| N 16TH ST over DRAINAGE · built 1900 | 1,073 vehicles a day |
| M-63 / O AVE over SNAKE CREEK · built 1962 | 837 vehicles a day |
| M-70/REDWOOD over NEELY BRANCH · built 1962 | 678 vehicles a day |
| D AVENUE over NISHNABOTNA RIVER · built 1949 | 477 vehicles a day |
| J-20/140TH ST over UNNAMED STREAM · built 1964 | 450 vehicles a day |
| ARGUS RD over FOUR MILE CREEK · built 1950 | 392 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.4 million of work in Page County in fiscal 2025, about $156 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Iowa are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Page County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Page County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Montgomery County (20 mi) · Taylor County (23 mi) · Fremont County (24 mi) · Atchison County, MO (26 mi) · Nodaway County, MO (29 mi) · Adams County (30 mi).