12,116 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.1% since 2020)
334 square miles of land · 36 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.
6 active community water systems list Pike County in the area they serve, reporting 18,263 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PIKE-GIBSON WATER, INC. buys surface water · local government · IN5263003 | 10,000 served |
| PETERSBURG WATER COMPANY groundwater · local government · IN5263002 | 4,018 served |
| OTWELL WATER CORPORATION buys surface water · local government · IN5263001 | 2,100 served |
| WINSLOW WATER WORKS buys surface water · local government · IN5263006 | 1,010 served |
| OTWELL WATER CORP. #2 buys groundwater · local government · IN5263007 | 705 served |
| SPURGEON WATER WORKS buys surface water · local government · IN5263004 | 430 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 52 people were held in Pike County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 712 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 65.
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.
1 school district has its office in Pike County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $24.8 million — $21.4 million to run schools, about $13,598 per student, plus $3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.3 million local (mostly property tax), $12.4 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.8 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 Pike County about $6.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
173 bridges in Pike County: 88 in good condition, 68 fair, and 17 poor (9.8%). “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.
| CR 725E over BRANCH FLAT CREEK · built 1930 | 256 vehicles a day |
| CR 125S over BRANCH FLAT CREEK · built 1950 | 200 vehicles a day |
| CR 125S over BRANCH PATOKA RIVER · built 1935 | 200 vehicles a day |
| CR 300E over BRANCH S FK PATOKA RIVER · built 1930 | 164 vehicles a day |
| CR 900S over HONEY CREEK · built 1930 | 108 vehicles a day |
| CR 350E over BRANCH MUD CREEK · built 1923 | 79 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 Pike County in fiscal 2025, about $196 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 Indiana 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 Pike 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 Pike County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Dubois County (19 mi) · Gibson County (20 mi) · Warrick County (21 mi) · Daviess County (22 mi) · Knox County (22 mi) · Spencer County (29 mi).