59,699 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.4% since 2020)
1,147 square miles of land · 52 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.
22 active community water systems list Bradford County in the area they serve, reporting 29,583 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| AQUA PA SUSQUEHANNA DIVISION groundwater · private · PA2080028 | 15,569 served |
| TOWANDA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · PA2080029 | 5,000 served |
| CANTON BOROUGH AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · PA2080003 | 2,050 served |
| WYSOX TWP MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · PA2080030 | 1,763 served |
| TROY WATER DEPTARTMENT groundwater · local government · PA2080020 | 1,362 served |
| BRADFORD COUNTY SEWER & WATER groundwater · local government · PA2080033 | 700 served |
| WYALUSING MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · PA2080034 | 700 served |
| ULSTER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · PA2080032 | 500 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 148 people were held in Bradford County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 420 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 184.
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.
7 school districts have their office in Bradford County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $45.8 million — $41.8 million to run schools, about $20,224 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $17.9 million local (mostly property tax), $24.2 million state, $4.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.6 million.
Spent $30.7 million — $27.5 million to run schools, about $18,192 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.4 million local (mostly property tax), $16.8 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.1 million.
Spent $26 million — $23.8 million to run schools, about $16,982 per student, plus $235,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.6 million local (mostly property tax), $17.1 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.8 million.
Spent $26 million — $24.3 million to run schools, about $19,657 per student, plus $531,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.9 million local (mostly property tax), $14 million state, $3.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.9 million.
Spent $22.7 million — $19.7 million to run schools, about $21,793 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.8 million local (mostly property tax), $12.1 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.3 million.
Spent $19 million — $16.8 million to run schools, about $19,813 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.1 million.
Spent $18.6 million — $14.2 million to run schools, about $21,164 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.9 million local (mostly property tax), $9.7 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.8 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 Bradford County about $32.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
400 bridges in Bradford County: 178 in good condition, 184 fair, and 38 poor (9.5%). “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 0187 over DRY RUN CREEK · built 1957 | 3,045 vehicles a day |
| SR 414 over GULF BROOK · built 1926 | 1,876 vehicles a day |
| T-105 THOMAS AVE over CAYUTA CREEK · built 1920 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| SR 1049 over PRINCE HOLLOW RUN · built 1958 | 788 vehicles a day |
| REDINGTON AVENUE over WEST BR. SUGAR CREEK · built 1915 | 500 vehicles a day |
| EUREKA DRIVE-TROY over SOUTH FORK SUGAR CREEK · built 1963 | 499 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $16.4 million of work in Bradford County in fiscal 2025, about $273 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 Pennsylvania 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 Bradford 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 Bradford County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Sullivan County (24 mi) · Chemung County, NY (28 mi) · Tioga County, NY (29 mi) · Wyoming County (31 mi) · Susquehanna County (36 mi) · Tioga County (39 mi).