58,866 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.0% since 2020)
408 square miles of land · 144 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.
7 active community water systems list Sandusky County in the area they serve, reporting 30,061 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| FREMONT CITY surface water · local government · OH7200311 | 18,319 served |
| CLYDE CITY surface water · local government · OH7200211 | 6,325 served |
| GIBSONBURG VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH7200412 | 2,506 served |
| WOODVILLE VILLAGE groundwater · local government · OH7200912 | 2,006 served |
| LINDSEY VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH7200512 | 446 served |
| SHOREWOOD VILLAGE SUBDIVISION groundwater · private · OH7201012 | 359 served |
| BRIGHTSTAR FREMONT MHP PWS groundwater · private · OH7200012 | 100 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 80 people were held in Sandusky County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 221 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 86.
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 Sandusky County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $59.3 million — $47.5 million to run schools, about $13,945 per student, plus $6.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $32.8 million local (mostly property tax), $19.5 million state, $9 million federal. Long-term debt: $69.2 million.
Spent $30.3 million — $27.8 million to run schools, about $13,400 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.4 million local (mostly property tax), $14.6 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $17.1 million.
Spent $16 million — $14.6 million to run schools, about $14,419 per student, plus $542,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.5 million local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.5 million.
Spent $11.8 million — $10.6 million to run schools, about $13,079 per student, plus $650,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.4 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $999,000 federal. Long-term debt: $273,000.
Spent $21 million — $15.9 million to run schools, about $79,254 per student, plus $4.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.2 million local (mostly property tax), $11.3 million state, $712,000 federal. Long-term debt: $1.3 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 Sandusky County about $20 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.
303 bridges in Sandusky County: 204 in good condition, 91 fair, and 8 poor (2.6%). “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.
| JACOBS RD over I80 OHIO TPK · built 1954 | 30,000 vehicles a day |
| TR 209 over SANDUSKY RIVER · built 1915 | 2,227 vehicles a day |
| SR590 over IR80 OHIO TPK · built 1954 | 1,839 vehicles a day |
| CHERRY ST. over PORTAGE RIVER CHERRY ST · built 1975 | 955 vehicles a day |
| CR 213 over GREEN CREEK · built 1973 | 662 vehicles a day |
| YORKTOWN RD over I80 OHIO TPK · built 1954 | 471 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $35.6 million of work in Sandusky County in fiscal 2025, about $604 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 Sandusky 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 Sandusky County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Ottawa County (15 mi) · Seneca County (16 mi) · Wood County (25 mi) · Lucas County (28 mi) · Erie County (29 mi) · Huron County (32 mi).