206,361 people (2024 Census estimate, +9.9% since 2020)
574 square miles of land · 359 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.
55 active community water systems list Iredell County in the area they serve, reporting 140,487 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MOORESVILLE TOWN OF surface water · local government · NC0149015 | 54,455 served |
| STATESVILLE, CITY OF surface water · local government · NC0149010 | 30,843 served |
| IREDELL WATER CORPORATION buys surface water · private · NC0149025 | 29,370 served |
| TROUTMAN, TOWN OF buys surface water · local government · NC0149030 | 9,562 served |
| HARBOUR POINT S/D buys surface water · private · NC0149185 | 4,031 served |
| DIAMOND HEAD S/D groundwater · private · NC0149182 | 1,433 served |
| MALLARD HEAD S/D buys surface water · private · NC0149162 | 869 served |
| COMMODORE PENINSULA WTR SYSTEM groundwater · private · NC0149108 | 610 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 771 people were held in Iredell County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 592 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 342.
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 Iredell County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $263.5 million — $234 million to run schools, about $11,292 per student, plus $20.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $78.5 million local (mostly property tax), $150.1 million state, $46.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $178 million.
Spent $106.9 million — $67.7 million to run schools, about $11,346 per student, plus $37.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29.9 million local (mostly property tax), $41.6 million state, $8.5 million 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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Iredell County about $53.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
333 bridges in Iredell County: 97 in good condition, 188 fair, and 48 poor (14.4%). “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.
| I-77 SBL over THIRD CREEK · built 1964 | 28,250 vehicles a day |
| SR1109 over LAKE NORMAN · built 1961 | 19,500 vehicles a day |
| I40 EBL over BUFFALO SHOALS CREEK · built 1957 | 17,750 vehicles a day |
| I40 WBL over BUFFALO SHOALS CREEK · built 1955 | 17,750 vehicles a day |
| I77 SBL over ROCKY CREEK · built 1972 | 14,750 vehicles a day |
| SR1005 over I40 · built 1955 | 7,300 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $154.6 million of work in Iredell County in fiscal 2025, about $828 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: Alexander County (19 mi) · Davie County (20 mi) · Catawba County (21 mi) · Rowan County (23 mi) · Yadkin County (27 mi) · Lincoln County (29 mi).