16,576 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.7% since 2020)
380 square miles of land · 44 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 Bond County in the area they serve, reporting 17,549 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GREENVILLE surface water · local government · IL0050050 | 8,310 served |
| BOND/MADISON WATER COMPANY buys surface water · private · IL0050020 | 6,645 served |
| POCAHONTAS buys surface water · local government · IL0050200 | 697 served |
| MULBERRY GROVE buys surface water · local government · IL0050100 | 548 served |
| SORENTO buys surface water · local government · IL0050300 | 429 served |
| PANAMA buys surface water · local government · IL0054720 | 343 served |
| DONNELLSON buys surface water · local government · IL0054360 | 216 served |
| SMITHBORO buys surface water · local government · IL0050250 | 188 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 21 people were held in Bond County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 192 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 24.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Bond County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $34.4 million — $27.3 million to run schools, about $17,107 per student, plus $5.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.9 million local (mostly property tax), $18.9 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.4 million.
Spent $5.6 million — $5.2 million to run schools, about $14,621 per student, plus $126,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $397,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3.3 million.
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 Bond County about $11.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
162 bridges in Bond County: 74 in good condition, 70 fair, and 18 poor (11.1%). “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.
| FAI 70 WB over W BR SHOAL CREEK · built 1967 | 13,100 vehicles a day |
| FAI 70 EB over W BR SHOAL CREEK · built 1967 | 13,100 vehicles a day |
| FAI 70 EB over MID FK SHOAL CREEK · built 1967 | 13,100 vehicles a day |
| FAI 70 WB over MID FK SHOAL CREEK · built 1967 | 13,100 vehicles a day |
| FAI 70 EB over E FORK SHOAL CREEK · built 1967 | 13,100 vehicles a day |
| FAI 70 WB over E FORK SHOAL CREEK · built 1967 | 13,100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.2 million of work in Bond County in fiscal 2025, about $133 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 Illinois 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 Bond 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 Bond County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Clinton County (19 mi) · Montgomery County (24 mi) · Fayette County (24 mi) · Madison County (25 mi) · Marion County (32 mi) · Washington County (37 mi).