650,131 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.6% since 2020)
604 square miles of land · 1,076 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.
70 active community water systems list Bucks County in the area they serve, reporting 550,395 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LOWER BUCKS CO JOINT MUN AUTH surface water · local government · PA1090026 | 63,007 served |
| AQUA PA BENSALEM buys surface water · private · PA1090078 | 59,001 served |
| BCWSA MAIN LOWER SOUTH buys surface water · local government · PA1090079 | 52,621 served |
| NEWTOWN ARTESIAN WATER CO buys surface water · public/private · PA1090043 | 38,500 served |
| NORTHAMPTON BUCKS CO MUN AUTH buys surface water · local government · PA1090089 | 36,750 served |
| WARMINSTER MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · PA1090069 | 36,000 served |
| PA AMERICAN WATER CO YARDLEY surface water · private · PA1090074 | 33,171 served |
| AQUA PA BRISTOL surface water · private · PA1090001 | 28,727 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 837 people were held in Bucks County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 206 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 814.
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.
13 school districts have their office in Bucks County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $375.6 million — $339.5 million to run schools, about $19,354 per student, plus $20.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $287.7 million local (mostly property tax), $91.5 million state, $13 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.2 million.
Spent $271.4 million — $236.1 million to run schools, about $22,536 per student, plus $21.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $209.2 million local (mostly property tax), $58.9 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $238.9 million.
Spent $248.8 million — $204.8 million to run schools, about $21,318 per student, plus $25.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $175 million local (mostly property tax), $60.6 million state, $7.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $147.8 million.
Spent $217.6 million — $169.2 million to run schools, about $17,869 per student, plus $30.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $151.2 million local (mostly property tax), $51.8 million state, $4.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $166.6 million.
Spent $143.9 million — $132.8 million to run schools, about $20,360 per student, plus $210,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $115.5 million local (mostly property tax), $37.5 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $48.1 million.
Spent $168.3 million — $143.2 million to run schools, about $22,565 per student, plus $6.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $119 million local (mostly property tax), $45.2 million state, $13.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $91.6 million.
Spent $170.8 million — $126.4 million to run schools, about $20,768 per student, plus $22.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $97.7 million local (mostly property tax), $52.8 million state, $14.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $189.1 million.
Spent $134.3 million — $115.2 million to run schools, about $21,659 per student, plus $2.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $101.3 million local (mostly property tax), $38 million state, $5.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $121.3 million.
And 5 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 High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bucks County about $202.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
695 bridges in Bucks County: 170 in good condition, 428 fair, and 97 poor (14.0%). “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.
| NEW US-1 BYPASS over NORFOLK SOUTHERN · built 1966 | 60,959 vehicles a day |
| PA TPK (I-276) over T-346 BLOMSDAL RD · built 1954 | 46,280 vehicles a day |
| PA TURNPIKE(I-276) over BRISTOL IND.RR:DB-252 · built 1954 | 46,280 vehicles a day |
| BETHLEHEM PIKE over BR W BR NESHAMINY CREEK · built 1934 | 45,881 vehicles a day |
| PA TPK (I-276) over SR 2027 & NESH.CR · built 1954 | 41,867 vehicles a day |
| EASTON ROAD over BRANCH NESHAMINY CREEK · built 1937 | 35,170 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $67.3 million of work in Bucks County in fiscal 2025, about $104 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 Bucks 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 Bucks County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
More of Pennsylvania: the state government and every county in Pennsylvania.
Nearby counties: Montgomery County (16 mi) · Hunterdon County, NJ (19 mi) · Mercer County, NJ (22 mi) · Philadelphia County (23 mi) · Somerset County, NJ (30 mi) · Northampton County (31 mi).