42,337 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.5% since 2020)
252 square miles of land · 168 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.
8 active community water systems list Vance County in the area they serve, reporting 19,673 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| HENDERSON-KERR LAKE REG WTR surface water · local government · NC0291010 | 14,937 served |
| VANCE CO WATER DISTRICT PHASE 1 buys surface water · local government · NC4091008 | 1,580 served |
| VANCE CO WATER DISTRICT PHASE 2 buys surface water · local government · NC4091010 | 1,376 served |
| VANCE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT - KITTRELL buys surface water · private · NC0291015 | 1,282 served |
| KNOLL TERRACE MHP groundwater · private · NC0291102 | 254 served |
| LYNNBANK ESTATES groundwater · private · NC0291121 | 115 served |
| HUNTER`S RIDGE S/D groundwater · private · NC0291120 | 81 served |
| EDGEWOOD ESTATES groundwater · private · NC0291104 | 48 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 167 people were held in Vance County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 653 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 152.
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 Vance County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $87.3 million — $76.9 million to run schools, about $14,593 per student, plus $8.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.1 million local (mostly property tax), $47.9 million state, $31 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.1 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 Vance County about $10.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
76 bridges in Vance County: 27 in good condition, 44 fair, and 5 poor (6.6%). “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.
| US1N.BYP over CSX RAILROAD · built 1955 | 3,250 vehicles a day |
| SR1317 over NUTBUSH CREEK · built 1993 | 1,100 vehicles a day |
| SR1551 over BUFFALO CREEK · built 1962 | 900 vehicles a day |
| SR1501 over FISHING CREEK · built 1950 | 600 vehicles a day |
| SR1125 over LITTLE RUIN CREEK · built 1953 | 90 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.3 million of work in Vance County in fiscal 2025, about $31 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: Granville County (15 mi) · Warren County (17 mi) · Franklin County (20 mi) · Mecklenburg County, VA (22 mi) · Person County (31 mi) · Durham County (35 mi).