81,115 people (2024 Census estimate, −3.1% since 2020)
407 square miles of land · 199 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.
24 active community water systems list Chemung County in the area they serve, reporting 81,566 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ELMIRA WATER BOARD surface water · local government · NY0701008 | 54,000 served |
| HORSEHEADS VILLAGE groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · NY0701009 | 15,000 served |
| BIG FLATS WATER DISTRICT 5 groundwater · local government · NY0701011 | 8,489 served |
| WELLSBURG VILLAGE buys surface water · local government · NY0701010 | 580 served |
| VAN ETTEN TOWN groundwater · local government · NY0730033 | 532 served |
| BEAVER VALLEY WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · NY0701007 | 365 served |
| CARRIAGE ESTATES groundwater · private · NY0700770 | 300 served |
| HOLLY PARK TERRACE groundwater · private · NY0700777 | 300 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 116 people were held in Chemung County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 130.
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.
3 school districts have their office in Chemung County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $163.2 million — $128.8 million to run schools, about $23,374 per student, plus $27.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $36.2 million local (mostly property tax), $111.2 million state, $24.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.8 million.
Spent $110.6 million — $86.6 million to run schools, about $22,251 per student, plus $20 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $43.4 million local (mostly property tax), $46.9 million state, $7.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.7 million.
Spent $27.1 million — $23 million to run schools, about $21,252 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.4 million local (mostly property tax), $16.7 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $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: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Chemung County about $18.1 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.
256 bridges in Chemung County: 98 in good condition, 138 fair, and 20 poor (7.8%). “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.
| COUNTY ROAD 3 over WYNCOOP CREEK · built 1956 | 1,092 vehicles a day |
| DAVENPORT RD over TRIB CHEMUNG R · built 1976 | 871 vehicles a day |
| County Route 78 over ROBBIN RUN · built 1973 | 794 vehicles a day |
| LATTA BROOK ROAD over LATTA BROOK · built 1946 | 785 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 51 over LATTA BROOK · built 1934 | 785 vehicles a day |
| DRY BROOK ROAD over DRY BROOK · built 1934 | 625 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $36.9 million of work in Chemung County in fiscal 2025, about $439 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 Chemung 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 Chemung County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Schuyler County (21 mi) · Tioga County (23 mi) · Tompkins County (25 mi) · Bradford County, PA (28 mi) · Steuben County (33 mi) · Tioga County, PA (37 mi).