538,370 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.3% since 2020)
413 square miles of land · 1,304 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.
31 active community water systems list Summit County in the area they serve, reporting 439,273 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| AKRON CITY PWS surface water · local government · OH7700011 | 280,000 served |
| CUYAHOGA FALLS CITY PWS groundwater · local government · OH7701012 | 51,114 served |
| STOW PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM buys surface water · private · OH7704503 | 35,437 served |
| BARBERTON CITY surface water · local government · OH7700411 | 31,298 served |
| TALLMADGE CITY PWS buys surface water · local government · OH7704703 | 18,394 served |
| HUDSON CITY PWS groundwater · local government · OH7701612 | 8,385 served |
| MUNROE FALLS CITY PWS buys groundwater · local government · OH7702703 | 5,042 served |
| LAKEMORE VILLAGE PWS groundwater · local government · OH7701812 | 3,068 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 525 people were held in Summit County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 155 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 715.
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.
17 school districts have their office in Summit County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $457.7 million — $422.3 million to run schools, about $20,557 per student, plus $20.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $161.1 million local (mostly property tax), $197 million state, $75.6 million federal.
Spent $81.4 million — $73.1 million to run schools, about $14,117 per student, plus $5.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $48.3 million local (mostly property tax), $22.3 million state, $5.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.7 million.
Spent $90.8 million — $79.1 million to run schools, about $17,148 per student, plus $5.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $68 million local (mostly property tax), $18.5 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $85.6 million.
Spent $62.4 million — $52.2 million to run schools, about $12,942 per student, plus $7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $40.1 million local (mostly property tax), $17.5 million state, $5.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $65.8 million — $62.5 million to run schools, about $15,530 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $45.9 million local (mostly property tax), $10.5 million state, $4 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.5 million.
Spent $82 million — $61.8 million to run schools, about $15,358 per student, plus $14.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $47.2 million local (mostly property tax), $26.1 million state, $6.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $73.2 million.
Spent $61.7 million — $57.1 million to run schools, about $15,658 per student, plus $2.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $20.1 million local (mostly property tax), $32.1 million state, $12.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.4 million.
Spent $60.9 million — $59.1 million to run schools, about $17,121 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $53.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9.3 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.6 million.
And 9 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 Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Summit County about $102.2 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.
559 bridges in Summit County: 309 in good condition, 238 fair, and 12 poor (2.1%). “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.
| MAIN ST. over CSX & CONRAIL (101) · built 1938 | 16,475 vehicles a day |
| 250 KENT STREET over LITTLE CUYAHOGA RIVER · built 1955 | 10,397 vehicles a day |
| BOWERY STREET over OHIO CANAL (110) · built 1931 | 8,859 vehicles a day |
| BRECKSVILLE RD over FURNACE RUN · built 1932 | 8,209 vehicles a day |
| GLENWOOD DRIVE over TINKERS CREEK · built 1959 | 7,527 vehicles a day |
| GLENWOOD BLVD over POND BROOK · built 1990 | 6,070 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $245.8 million of work in Summit County in fiscal 2025, about $455 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 Summit 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 Summit County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Portage County (18 mi) · Medina County (19 mi) · Stark County (23 mi) · Wayne County (27 mi) · Cuyahoga County (30 mi) · Geauga County (32 mi).