196,397 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.9% since 2020)
706 square miles of land · 278 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.
63 active community water systems list Broome County in the area they serve, reporting 164,938 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BINGHAMTON, CITY OF surface water · local government · NY0301651 | 47,600 served |
| ENDICOTT MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · NY0301665 | 45,000 served |
| VESTAL CONSOLIDATED W.D. #1 groundwater · local government · NY0301674 | 22,200 served |
| JOHNSON CITY WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · NY0301668 | 16,578 served |
| CHENANGO CONSOLIDATED WD #1 groundwater · local government · NY0301653 | 9,200 served |
| CONKLIN WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · NY0301660 | 2,654 served |
| BINGHAMTON (T) CONSOLIDATED WD buys surface water · local government · NY0301652 | 2,600 served |
| KIRKWOOD CONSOLIDATED WD #1 groundwater · local government · NY0311206 | 2,600 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 458 people were held in Broome County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 398.
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.
11 school districts have their office in Broome County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $151.4 million — $135.6 million to run schools, about $27,954 per student, plus $8.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $48.3 million local (mostly property tax), $93.2 million state, $40.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $33.3 million.
Spent $103.8 million — $88.3 million to run schools, about $23,859 per student, plus $8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $43.6 million local (mostly property tax), $51.2 million state, $10.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $31.5 million.
Spent $94.9 million — $79.5 million to run schools, about $23,093 per student, plus $6.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $53.6 million local (mostly property tax), $36.5 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.2 million.
Spent $64.8 million — $55.1 million to run schools, about $21,372 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $28.6 million local (mostly property tax), $39.3 million state, $6.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $34.5 million.
Spent $67 million — $57.8 million to run schools, about $25,119 per student, plus $5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29.1 million local (mostly property tax), $38.5 million state, $12.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $30 million.
Spent $49.3 million — $40.7 million to run schools, about $23,572 per student, plus $6.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.8 million local (mostly property tax), $25.8 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.4 million.
Spent $55.5 million — $44.7 million to run schools, about $26,592 per student, plus $8.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.4 million local (mostly property tax), $28.7 million state, $6.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $22 million.
Spent $49.5 million — $40 million to run schools, about $26,960 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.7 million local (mostly property tax), $24.8 million state, $4.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.1 million.
And 3 more.
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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Broome County about $60.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
469 bridges in Broome County: 132 in good condition, 330 fair, and 7 poor (1.5%). “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.
| RTE I81 over 990G990G91011008 RTE 99 · built 1963 | 14,451 vehicles a day |
| RTE I81 over 990G990G91011008 RTE 99 · built 1963 | 11,798 vehicles a day |
| RTE 41 over MARSH CREEK · built 1927 | 789 vehicles a day |
| BARKER HILL ROAD over TIOUGHNIOGA RIVER · built 1998 | 464 vehicles a day |
| GLENWOOD ROAD over BIG CHOCONUT CREEK · built 1935 | 435 vehicles a day |
| OLD HARRY L DRIVE over LITTLE CHOCONUT CK · built 1957 | 221 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $104.3 million of work in Broome County in fiscal 2025, about $525 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 New York 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 Broome 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 Broome County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Susquehanna County, PA (24 mi) · Tioga County (24 mi) · Chenango County (25 mi) · Cortland County (32 mi) · Tompkins County (39 mi) · Bradford County, PA (43 mi).