162,261 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.9% since 2020)
205 square miles of land · 793 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.
11 active community water systems list Schenectady County in the area they serve, reporting 143,553 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SCHENECTADY CITY WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · NY4600070 | 62,000 served |
| ROTTERDAM WD #5 groundwater · local government · NY4600069 | 28,000 served |
| NISKAYUNA CONSOLIDATED WD #11 groundwater · public/private · NY4600073 | 22,287 served |
| GLENVILLE WD #11 groundwater · local government · NY4600091 | 15,000 served |
| SCOTIA VILLAGE WATER WORKS groundwater · local government · NY4600071 | 12,800 served |
| ROTTERDAM WD #3 groundwater · local government · NY4600067 | 1,900 served |
| PRINCETOWN WATER SUPPLY groundwater · local government · NY4600093 | 900 served |
| DELANSON VILLAGE WATER WORKS surface water · local government · NY4600064 | 380 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 205 people were held in Schenectady County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 157.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Schenectady County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $272.5 million — $244.5 million to run schools, about $27,009 per student, plus $7.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $63.1 million local (mostly property tax), $186.4 million state, $37.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $141.8 million.
Spent $111.8 million — $84 million to run schools, about $19,286 per student, plus $24.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $65.1 million local (mostly property tax), $35.9 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.6 million.
Spent $64.6 million — $56.5 million to run schools, about $20,344 per student, plus $3.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29.3 million local (mostly property tax), $30.6 million state, $5.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $44.5 million.
Spent $66.9 million — $55.3 million to run schools, about $24,478 per student, plus $8.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $33 million local (mostly property tax), $25.1 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $28.8 million.
Spent $47.2 million — $43.6 million to run schools, about $23,865 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $33.9 million local (mostly property tax), $18 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $21.6 million — $16.5 million to run schools, about $24,927 per student, plus $2.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.5 million local (mostly property tax), $9.6 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.4 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 Schenectady County about $32.4 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.
115 bridges in Schenectady County: 40 in good condition, 66 fair, and 9 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.
| RTE I890 over BIG CIRCLE · built 1966 | 18,115 vehicles a day |
| RTE I890 over SCHENECTADY WATER LINES · built 1974 | 16,282 vehicles a day |
| RTE 146 over CHRISLER AVENUE CSX TRA · built 1993 | 8,319 vehicles a day |
| CRANE STREET over CSX TRANS/ AMTRAK · built 1976 | 4,964 vehicles a day |
| SUNNYSIDE ROAD over AMTRAK · built 1976 | 4,781 vehicles a day |
| RTE I88 over 90IX RTE I90 25A WB Ra · built 1982 | 3,053 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $60.1 million of work in Schenectady County in fiscal 2025, about $380 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 Schenectady 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 Schenectady County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Albany County (16 mi) · Montgomery County (21 mi) · Saratoga County (22 mi) · Schoharie County (25 mi) · Rensselaer County (28 mi) · Fulton County (28 mi).