90,757 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.5% since 2020)
604 square miles of land · 150 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.
19 active community water systems list Wayne County in the area they serve, reporting 85,319 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PALMYRA-MACEDON-WALWORTH CSA buys surface water · local government · NY5801257 | 24,267 served |
| ONTARIO TOWN BENEFIT AREA #1 surface water · local government · NY5801233 | 10,136 served |
| NEWARK VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY5801232 | 9,142 served |
| SODUS-HURON-WOLCOTT-BUTLER CSA buys surface water · local government · NY5801247 | 7,746 served |
| WILLIAMSON TOWN WD surface water · local government · NY5801258 | 6,600 served |
| MARION-ARCADIA-SODUS CSA buys surface water · local government · NY5801231 | 6,303 served |
| ARCADIA-LYONS CSA buys surface water · private · NY5821130 | 5,800 served |
| PALMYRA VILLAGE surface water · local government · NY5801235 | 3,580 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 60 people were held in Wayne County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 59.
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.
11 school districts have their office in Wayne County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $53.5 million — $47.5 million to run schools, about $23,082 per student, plus $4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $31.5 million local (mostly property tax), $21.7 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.5 million.
Spent $60.9 million — $52.7 million to run schools, about $26,193 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15 million local (mostly property tax), $40.7 million state, $7.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $24.6 million.
Spent $51.8 million — $42.6 million to run schools, about $23,728 per student, plus $6.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $21.4 million local (mostly property tax), $27.5 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.5 million.
Spent $36.3 million — $30.2 million to run schools, about $25,953 per student, plus $4.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.1 million local (mostly property tax), $23.3 million state, $4.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.7 million.
Spent $41.2 million — $34.5 million to run schools, about $32,578 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.4 million local (mostly property tax), $20.8 million state, $10.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.1 million.
Spent $28 million — $25 million to run schools, about $25,026 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.4 million local (mostly property tax), $15.8 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $18.4 million.
Spent $36.6 million — $27.9 million to run schools, about $30,273 per student, plus $402,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.1 million local (mostly property tax), $20.3 million state, $5.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $11 million.
Spent $26.9 million — $22.8 million to run schools, about $24,966 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.6 million local (mostly property tax), $14.2 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.1 million.
And 3 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 Wayne County about $19 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.
98 bridges in Wayne County: 44 in good condition, 42 fair, and 12 poor (12.2%). “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 31F over Erie Canal Trail ERIE C · built 1966 | 6,241 vehicles a day |
| LEACH STREET over Erie Canal Lock 27 and T · built 1919 | 3,197 vehicles a day |
| WAYNEPORT ROAD over ERIE CANAL · built 1912 | 3,155 vehicles a day |
| RTE 414 over CSX TRANS/AMTRAK ERIE C · built 1970 | 2,681 vehicles a day |
| RTE 88 over SALMON CREEK · built 1927 | 2,514 vehicles a day |
| DIVISION STREET over ERIE CANAL · built 1913 | 2,058 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $12 million of work in Wayne County in fiscal 2025, about $131 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Cayuga County (28 mi) · Ontario County (28 mi) · Seneca County (32 mi) · Monroe County (33 mi) · Yates County (40 mi) · Onondaga County (45 mi).