57,604 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.2% since 2020)
493 square miles of land · 117 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.
16 active community water systems list Genesee County in the area they serve, reporting 45,624 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MCWA GENESEE buys surface water · public/private · NY1800547 | 16,541 served |
| BATAVIA CITY surface water · local government · NY1800544 | 15,475 served |
| BATAVIA CONSOLIDATED W.D. buys surface water · local government · NY1800554 | 5,445 served |
| OAKFIELD VILLAGE buys surface water · local government · NY1800551 | 1,679 served |
| ELBA TOWN WD2 buys surface water · local government · NY1830053 | 1,129 served |
| ALABAMA WATER DISTRICT NO.2 buys surface water · local government · NY1830051 | 1,119 served |
| OAKFIELD TOWN buys surface water · local government · NY1830042 | 864 served |
| ALEXANDER VILLAGE buys surface water · local government · NY1800542 | 785 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 93 people were held in Genesee County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 51.
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.
8 school districts have their office in Genesee County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $59.8 million — $56.5 million to run schools, about $25,833 per student, plus $2.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22 million local (mostly property tax), $34.2 million state, $5.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $33.6 million — $26.4 million to run schools, about $22,364 per student, plus $5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.7 million local (mostly property tax), $17.9 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.3 million.
Spent $25.7 million — $20.8 million to run schools, about $23,893 per student, plus $3.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.4 million local (mostly property tax), $16.9 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.1 million.
Spent $28.1 million — $23.5 million to run schools, about $27,185 per student, plus $3.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.8 million local (mostly property tax), $16.6 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.3 million.
Spent $25.5 million — $18.7 million to run schools, about $24,919 per student, plus $6.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.1 million local (mostly property tax), $14 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $785,000.
Spent $24.7 million — $20.1 million to run schools, about $26,975 per student, plus $2.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.6 million local (mostly property tax), $17.1 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.9 million.
Spent $19.1 million — $18.4 million to run schools, about $27,892 per student, plus $423,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $13.3 million state, $2.2 million federal.
Spent $11.5 million — $10.5 million to run schools, about $24,632 per student, plus $321,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.2 million local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.1 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 Genesee County about $19.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
163 bridges in Genesee County: 37 in good condition, 103 fair, and 23 poor (14.1%). “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 33 over TONAWANDA CREEK · built 1952 | 10,246 vehicles a day |
| RTE 5 over CSX TRANS/AMTRAK · built 1955 | 8,534 vehicles a day |
| RTE 77 over WHITNEY CREEK · built 1913 | 6,034 vehicles a day |
| RTE 5 over MURDER CREEK · built 1910 | 5,796 vehicles a day |
| RTE 63 over SWAMP · built 1932 | 3,998 vehicles a day |
| RTE 19 over BLACK CR OVERFLOW · built 1927 | 3,816 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $23.9 million of work in Genesee County in fiscal 2025, about $410 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 Genesee 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 Genesee County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Wyoming County (21 mi) · Orleans County (23 mi) · Livingston County (28 mi) · Monroe County (30 mi) · Erie County (34 mi) · Niagara County (36 mi).