11,379 people (2024 Census estimate, +4.5% since 2020)
235 square miles of land · 48 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.
4 active community water systems list Alleghany County in the area they serve, reporting 3,518 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SPARTA, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0103010 | 1,900 served |
| HIGH MEADOWS S/D groundwater · private · NC0103102 | 650 served |
| ROARING GAP CLUB INC groundwater · private · NC0103104 | 493 served |
| OLDE BEAU GOLF CLUB groundwater · private · NC0103106 | 475 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 34 people were held in Alleghany County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 524 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 32.
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 Alleghany County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $22.9 million — $20.9 million to run schools, about $14,685 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.8 million local (mostly property tax), $14.3 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 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 Alleghany County about $6.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
117 bridges in Alleghany County: 51 in good condition, 49 fair, and 17 poor (14.5%). “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.
| BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY over BIG PINE CREEK · built 1937 | 1,347 vehicles a day |
| BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY over BIG PINE CREEK · built 1938 | 1,347 vehicles a day |
| BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY over BIG PINE CREEK · built 1937 | 1,347 vehicles a day |
| BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY over BIG PINE CREEK · built 1937 | 1,347 vehicles a day |
| BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY over BRUSH CREEK · built 1936 | 1,347 vehicles a day |
| SR1426 over LITTLE RIVER · built 1988 | 630 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.2 million of work in Alleghany County in fiscal 2025, about $296 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.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-09. Early voting: 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-31. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-20. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: NC State Board of Elections: upcoming election · NC State Board of Elections: vote in person · NC State Board of Elections: voter ID
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Nearby counties: Grayson County, VA (12 mi) · Galax city, VA (17 mi) · Wilkes County (19 mi) · Ashe County (21 mi) · Surry County (25 mi) · Carroll County, VA (28 mi).