44,668 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.0% since 2020)
423 square miles of land · 106 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 Holmes County in the area they serve, reporting 11,077 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| MILLERSBURG VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH3800912 | 3,151 served |
| BERLIN WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · OH3800012 | 1,896 served |
| WINESBURG AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION groundwater · private · OH3801412 | 1,575 served |
| WALNUT CREEK WATER CO. groundwater · private · OH3801512 | 1,270 served |
| KILLBUCK VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH3800712 | 950 served |
| BLOOMFIELD WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · OH3800812 | 950 served |
| CASTLE NURSING HOMES, INC PWS groundwater · private · OH3801112 | 428 served |
| GLENMONT VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH3800312 | 280 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 34 people were held in Holmes County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 127 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 38.
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.
2 school districts have their office in Holmes County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $31.3 million — $28.1 million to run schools, about $15,496 per student, plus $2.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.9 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $2 million.
Spent $24 million — $21.4 million to run schools, about $14,281 per student, plus $2.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.1 million local (mostly property tax), $7.3 million state, $4.9 million federal.
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 Holmes County about $11.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
208 bridges in Holmes County: 96 in good condition, 104 fair, and 8 poor (3.8%). “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.
| SR 39 over KILLBUCK CREEK · built 1950 | 9,171 vehicles a day |
| SR 39 over HOLMES CTY TRAIL · built 1940 | 9,171 vehicles a day |
| SR 83 over MARTIANS CREEK · built 1983 | 6,022 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 201 over TRIBUTARY MARTINS CREEK · built 2000 | 2,053 vehicles a day |
| USR 62 over WOLF CREEK · built 1933 | 1,344 vehicles a day |
| C.R. 19 over DOUGHTY CREEK · built 1981 | 367 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.9 million of work in Holmes County in fiscal 2025, about $42 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 Holmes 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 Holmes County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Wayne County (18 mi) · Coshocton County (19 mi) · Tuscarawas County (25 mi) · Ashland County (26 mi) · Knox County (28 mi) · Stark County (34 mi).