39,627 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.3% since 2020)
329 square miles of land · 121 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.
16 active community water systems list Snyder County in the area they serve, reporting 19,226 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SELINSGROVE MUNI AUTH groundwater · local government · PA4550005 | 5,584 served |
| AQUA PA MONROE TWP groundwater · private · PA4550009 | 2,400 served |
| SHAMOKIN DAM BOROUGH surface water · local government · PA4550022 | 1,700 served |
| MIDDLEBURG MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · PA4550016 | 1,600 served |
| SELINSGROVE CENTER groundwater (surface-influenced) · state · PA4550800 | 1,000 served |
| KREAMER MUN AUTH groundwater · local government · PA4550014 | 980 served |
| BEAVERTOWN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · PA4550012 | 935 served |
| MCCLURE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · PA4550015 | 845 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 53 people were held in Snyder County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 214 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 103.
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.
1 school district has its office in Snyder County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $47 million — $42.5 million to run schools, about $17,814 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29.5 million local (mostly property tax), $18.1 million state, $5.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.7 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 Snyder County about $15 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
163 bridges in Snyder County: 79 in good condition, 75 fair, and 9 poor (5.5%). “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.
| SPRING T586 over T586 OVER BEAVER CREEK · built 1973 | 300 vehicles a day |
| SR 1013 over PENNS CREEK · built 1905 | 239 vehicles a day |
| SR 2004 over T.MAHANTANGO CREEK · built 1941 | 211 vehicles a day |
| SPRING T822 #760 over OVER BEAVER CREEK · built 1962 | 150 vehicles a day |
| T-481 BREON ROAD over OVER TUSCARORA CR. · built 1940 | 100 vehicles a day |
| SPRING T467 over T467 OVER SWIFT RUN · built 1950 | 100 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13.8 million of work in Snyder County in fiscal 2025, about $347 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 Snyder 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 Snyder County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Union County (14 mi) · Northumberland County (20 mi) · Juniata County (23 mi) · Perry County (27 mi) · Dauphin County (28 mi) · Montour County (28 mi).