30,151 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.3% since 2020)
622 square miles of land · 48 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 Schoharie County in the area they serve, reporting 11,812 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| COBLESKILL VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY4700094 | 4,678 served |
| MIDDLEBURGH VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY4700096 | 1,500 served |
| WARNERVILLE WATER DISTRICT # 1 buys surface water · local government · NY4700101 | 1,300 served |
| SCHOHARIE VILLAGE groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · NY4700098 | 922 served |
| RICHMONDVILLE VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY4700097 | 918 served |
| CENTRAL BRIDGE WATER DISTRICT surface water · local government · NY4700093 | 560 served |
| SHARON SPRINGS VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY4700099 | 504 served |
| COBLESKILL WATER DISTRICT buys surface water · local government · NY4730048 | 500 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 26 people were held in Schoharie County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 14.
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 Schoharie County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $46 million — $42.9 million to run schools, about $28,845 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.4 million local (mostly property tax), $25 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.9 million.
Spent $28.8 million — $23.9 million to run schools, about $28,937 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.6 million local (mostly property tax), $14.9 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.2 million.
Spent $25.9 million — $22.2 million to run schools, about $33,400 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.8 million local (mostly property tax), $14.3 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $14.1 million.
Spent $12.3 million — $9.8 million to run schools, about $32,507 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.4 million local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.4 million.
Spent $10.3 million — $9.1 million to run schools, about $34,862 per student, plus $750,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $6 million state, $699,000 federal. Long-term debt: $4.2 million.
Spent $7.4 million — $6.3 million to run schools, about $39,377 per student, plus $257,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $749,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.3 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Schoharie County about $13.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
175 bridges in Schoharie County: 44 in good condition, 119 fair, and 12 poor (6.9%). “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 30A over CRIPPLEBUSH CREEK · built 1930 | 1,548 vehicles a day |
| HUNTERSLAND ROAD over LIT SCHOHARIE CRK · built 1962 | 379 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 9 over COBLESKILL CREEK · built 1928 | 366 vehicles a day |
| LOWE ROAD over WEST CREEK · built 1910 | 300 vehicles a day |
| OLD SH 10 SUMMIT over BEAR GULCH CREEK · built 1906 | 170 vehicles a day |
| CLINTON CIRCLE over MILL CREEK · built 1968 | 146 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $20.9 million of work in Schoharie County in fiscal 2025, about $705 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 Schoharie 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 Schoharie County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Montgomery County (21 mi) · Albany County (24 mi) · Schenectady County (25 mi) · Greene County (26 mi) · Otsego County (30 mi) · Fulton County (36 mi).