20,503 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.4% since 2020)
877 square miles of land · 23 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.
13 active community water systems list Nodaway County in the area they serve, reporting 20,154 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MARYVILLE PWS surface water · local government · MO1010508 | 10,775 served |
| NODAWAY COUNTY PWSD 1 buys surface water · local government · MO1024428 | 6,428 served |
| BURLINGTON JUNCTION PWS groundwater · local government · MO1010117 | 630 served |
| HOPKINS PWS groundwater · local government · MO1010378 | 550 served |
| RAVENWOOD PWS groundwater · local government · MO1010673 | 420 served |
| SKIDMORE PWS buys surface water · local government · MO1010744 | 230 served |
| BARNARD PWS buys surface water · local government · MO1010046 | 220 served |
| CLEARMONT PWS buys surface water · local government · MO1010173 | 210 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 0 people were held in Nodaway County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2021). In 2016 it was about 25.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Nodaway County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $20.5 million — $18.5 million to run schools, about $13,348 per student, plus $750,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.2 million local (mostly property tax), $6.4 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.7 million.
Spent $3.2 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $12,947 per student, plus $163,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $391,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1 million.
Spent $3.3 million — $3 million to run schools, about $13,541 per student, plus $241,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $393,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $5.1 million — $3.2 million to run schools, about $15,214 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $437,000 federal. Long-term debt: $90,000.
Spent $3.4 million — $3.1 million to run schools, about $15,327 per student, plus $177,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $572,000 federal.
Spent $3.1 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $18,519 per student, plus $75,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $1.5 million state, $263,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $2.6 million — $2.5 million to run schools, about $17,727 per student, plus $73,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $1.2 million state, $201,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.2 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Nodaway County about $16.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
398 bridges in Nodaway County: 188 in good condition, 149 fair, and 61 poor (15.3%). “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.
| RT C E over NODAWAY RVR · built 1948 | 274 vehicles a day |
| RT C E over MOSS BR · built 1932 | 274 vehicles a day |
| 180TH ST over TRIB OF 102 RVR · built 1990 | 100 vehicles a day |
| 195TH ST over NORVEY CR · built 2000 | 100 vehicles a day |
| 240TH ST over SAND CR · built 1981 | 100 vehicles a day |
| CATALINA RD over TRIB OF NODAWAY RV · built 1970 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $16.8 million of work in Nodaway County in fiscal 2025, about $792 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 Missouri 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 Nodaway 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 Nodaway County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Holt County (25 mi) · Worth County (26 mi) · Andrew County (26 mi) · Gentry County (27 mi) · Taylor County, IA (28 mi) · Page County, IA (29 mi).