27,065 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.0% since 2020)
440 square miles of land · 61 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.
8 active community water systems list Pike County in the area they serve, reporting 24,825 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PIKE WATER, INC.-PLANT PWS groundwater · private · OH6602412 | 15,487 served |
| WAVERLY CITY PWS groundwater · local government · OH6600912 | 4,433 served |
| PIKETON VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH6600712 | 2,181 served |
| AQUA OHIO - LAKE WHITE PWS buys groundwater · private · OH6600312 | 1,229 served |
| PIKE WATER, INC.-ROSS 2 PWS buys groundwater · private · OH6601803 | 873 served |
| BEAVER PWS groundwater · local government · OH6600012 | 480 served |
| PIKE WATER, INC.-ROSS 3 PWS buys groundwater · private · OH6602303 | 91 served |
| DAWSONS MOBILE HOME PARK PWS groundwater · private · OH6601412 | 51 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 55 people were held in Pike County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 326 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 54.
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 Pike County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $28.6 million — $26.4 million to run schools, about $15,588 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.6 million local (mostly property tax), $15.9 million state, $4 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.6 million.
Spent $22.5 million — $19.7 million to run schools, about $16,661 per student, plus $849,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $11.6 million state, $4.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.5 million.
Spent $16.6 million — $14.3 million to run schools, about $19,895 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $11.5 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $27,000.
Spent $15.9 million — $15 million to run schools, about $21,924 per student, plus $534,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $10.8 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $75,000.
Spent $8.9 million — $7.8 million to run schools, about $17,711 per student, plus $803,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $6 million state, $835,000 federal. Long-term debt: $50,000.
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 Pike County about $10.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
243 bridges in Pike County: 160 in good condition, 70 fair, and 13 poor (5.3%). “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.
| CO RD 46 over PRUSSIA RUN · built 1962 | 764 vehicles a day |
| CO.RD. 9 over SUNFISH CREEK · built 1955 | 600 vehicles a day |
| CO RD 82 over BIG BEAVER CREEK · built 1969 | 586 vehicles a day |
| PRUSSIA RD. over MOORES RUN · built 1945 | 400 vehicles a day |
| CO RD 54 over MEADOW RUN · built 1981 | 385 vehicles a day |
| COUNTY ROAD 3 over RIGHT FORK MORGAN FORK · built 1991 | 301 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $19.1 million of work in Pike County in fiscal 2025, about $704 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 Pike 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 Pike County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Ross County (17 mi) · Scioto County (18 mi) · Jackson County (24 mi) · Adams County (28 mi) · Highland County (30 mi) · Vinton County (33 mi).