95,362 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.0% since 2020)
400 square miles of land · 238 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.
32 active community water systems list Geauga County in the area they serve, reporting 22,788 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CHARDON CITY PWS groundwater · local government · OH2800412 | 5,247 served |
| GEAUGA COUNTY-BAINBRIDGE buys surface water · local government · OH2804003 | 3,000 served |
| MIDDLEFIELD VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH2802012 | 2,748 served |
| TANGLEWOOD LAKE WATER CO groundwater · private · OH2802512 | 1,800 served |
| BURTON VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH2800312 | 1,520 served |
| LAKE LUCERNE CLUB CO. groundwater · private · OH2801512 | 980 served |
| NOTRE DAME SISTERS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL groundwater · private · OH2802412 | 950 served |
| LEADERS MHP PWS groundwater · private · OH2801612 | 700 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 122 people were held in Geauga County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 216 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 156.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Geauga County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $45 million — $40.1 million to run schools, about $15,078 per student, plus $4.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $31.4 million local (mostly property tax), $8.7 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3 million.
Spent $45.1 million — $41.6 million to run schools, about $16,228 per student, plus $789,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $36.4 million local (mostly property tax), $7.9 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $28.7 million.
Spent $35.3 million — $31.9 million to run schools, about $15,340 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $25.5 million local (mostly property tax), $8.7 million state, $2.3 million federal.
Spent $30.6 million — $19.5 million to run schools, about $14,140 per student, plus $9.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.7 million local (mostly property tax), $6.7 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $31.7 million.
Spent $17.8 million — $15.2 million to run schools, about $19,386 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.5 million local (mostly property tax), $4 million state, $4 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.4 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 Geauga County about $19.8 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.
138 bridges in Geauga County: 88 in good condition, 42 fair, and 8 poor (5.8%). “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.
| USR 322 over BEAVER CRK 1.77 MI. W 44 · built 1961 | 9,238 vehicles a day |
| SR 87 over W BR CUY RIV 0.78 M E 44 · built 1956 | 8,061 vehicles a day |
| SR 87 over Hopsons Crk .96 M W 168 · built 1956 | 8,061 vehicles a day |
| SR 87 over SILVER CRK 0.45 MI E 306 · built 1950 | 7,283 vehicles a day |
| PETTIBONE RD over AURORA BR CHAGRIN RIVER · built 1930 | 4,504 vehicles a day |
| USR 322 over PHELPS CRK 1.59 MI E 528 · built 1955 | 3,445 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $27.3 million of work in Geauga County in fiscal 2025, about $286 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 Ohio 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 Geauga 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 Geauga County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Lake County (19 mi) · Cuyahoga County (23 mi) · Portage County (23 mi) · Trumbull County (25 mi) · Summit County (32 mi) · Ashtabula County (36 mi).