17,121 people (2024 Census estimate, −4.1% since 2020)
328 square miles of land · 52 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 Schuyler County in the area they serve, reporting 6,463 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WATKINS GLEN VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY4801188 | 2,149 served |
| MONTOUR FALLS VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY4801184 | 1,635 served |
| HECTOR WATER DISTRICT groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · NY4801191 | 1,340 served |
| ODESSA VILLAGE groundwater · local government · NY4801185 | 810 served |
| DIX WATER DISTRICT #1 buys surface water · local government · NY4830037 | 201 served |
| CHERRY LANE MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · NY4800726 | 111 served |
| READING WD #1 & #3 CONSOLIDATED SAMPLING buys surface water · local government · NY4801186 | 68 served |
| COUNTRY HILL MANOR groundwater · private · NY4821864 | 57 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 11 people were held in Schuyler County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 10.
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 Schuyler County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $28.8 million — $25.3 million to run schools, about $27,566 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.3 million local (mostly property tax), $17.2 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.7 million.
Spent $24.8 million — $17.6 million to run schools, about $22,716 per student, plus $5.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.6 million local (mostly property tax), $13.8 million state, $2.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.5 million.
Spent $9.7 million — $7.8 million to run schools, about $29,606 per student, plus $919,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $6.7 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.1 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Schuyler County about $6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
100 bridges in Schuyler County: 39 in good condition, 54 fair, and 7 poor (7.0%). “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 16 over TRIB MEADS CREEK · built 1969 | 1,135 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 1 over BOLTER CREEK · built 1938 | 955 vehicles a day |
| COTTON HANLON RD over DECKERTOWN CREEK · built 1931 | 323 vehicles a day |
| HORNBY ROAD over TRIB POST CREEK · built 1941 | 253 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 6 over CAYUTA CREEK · built 1940 | 177 vehicles a day |
| FITZPATRICK ROAD over TRIB.CATHARINE CR · built 1986 | 124 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $8 million of work in Schuyler County in fiscal 2025, about $449 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 Schuyler 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 Schuyler County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Yates County (17 mi) · Chemung County (21 mi) · Tompkins County (24 mi) · Steuben County (25 mi) · Seneca County (26 mi) · Ontario County (35 mi).