60,524 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.7% since 2020)
1,002 square miles of land · 60 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.
37 active community water systems list Otsego County in the area they serve, reporting 29,699 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ONEONTA CITY surface water · local government · NY3800154 | 15,954 served |
| COOPERSTOWN VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY3800145 | 1,926 served |
| RICHFIELD SPRINGS VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY3800156 | 1,200 served |
| UNADILLA VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY3800158 | 1,128 served |
| OTEGO VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY3800155 | 1,010 served |
| EDMESTON WATER DISTRICT groundwater · local government · NY3800147 | 890 served |
| WORCESTER WD #2 - WORCESTER groundwater · local government · NY3800160 | 656 served |
| MORRIS VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY3800153 | 652 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 30 people were held in Otsego County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 23.
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.
12 school districts have their office in Otsego County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $45.3 million — $40.6 million to run schools, about $24,363 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22.5 million local (mostly property tax), $20.4 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.9 million.
Spent $24.2 million — $22.3 million to run schools, about $27,683 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.3 million local (mostly property tax), $16.5 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.5 million.
Spent $21.8 million — $19.8 million to run schools, about $24,896 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.7 million local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.5 million.
Spent $14.5 million — $13.3 million to run schools, about $27,413 per student, plus $746,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.5 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.4 million.
Spent $13.1 million — $12.2 million to run schools, about $27,404 per student, plus $296,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8.1 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.9 million.
Spent $11.8 million — $10.6 million to run schools, about $28,395 per student, plus $597,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $8.5 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $5 million.
Spent $11.6 million — $10.8 million to run schools, about $30,092 per student, plus $269,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.5 million local (mostly property tax), $6.4 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.4 million.
Spent $11.8 million — $9.5 million to run schools, about $27,045 per student, plus $594,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $7.9 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.1 million.
And 4 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Otsego County about $31.5 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.
266 bridges in Otsego County: 65 in good condition, 173 fair, and 28 poor (10.5%). “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 I88 over MACHINERY UNDRPSS · built 1973 | 11,731 vehicles a day |
| RTE 28 over OAKS CREEK · built 1931 | 6,226 vehicles a day |
| RTE 7 over FLAX ISLAND CREEK · built 1933 | 3,045 vehicles a day |
| RTE 7 over OTSDAWA CREEK · built 1933 | 3,045 vehicles a day |
| RTE 7 over NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR · built 1933 | 2,771 vehicles a day |
| MILL STREET over SUSQUEHANNA RIVER · built 1993 | 1,256 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $19.2 million of work in Otsego County in fiscal 2025, about $329 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 Otsego 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 Otsego County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Schoharie County (30 mi) · Delaware County (30 mi) · Chenango County (31 mi) · Montgomery County (35 mi) · Madison County (38 mi) · Fulton County (45 mi).