38,100 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.6% since 2020)
823 square miles of land · 46 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 Susquehanna County in the area they serve, reporting 12,616 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| PA AMER WATER CO SUSQUEHANNA surface water · private · PA2580024 | 4,230 served |
| PA AMER WATER CO FOREST CITY surface water · private · PA2359014 | 3,188 served |
| PA AMER WATER CO MONTROSE surface water · private · PA2580023 | 1,890 served |
| NEW MILFORD MUNICIPAL AUTH groundwater · local government · PA2580019 | 979 served |
| OAKLAND BOROUGH WATER AUTH groundwater · local government · PA2580025 | 563 served |
| VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS groundwater · private · PA2580039 | 325 served |
| PA AMER WATER THOMPSON groundwater · private · PA2580026 | 225 served |
| AQUA PA WATER CO HOP BOTTOM groundwater · private · PA2580012 | 174 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 58 people were held in Susquehanna County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 259 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 67.
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.
6 school districts have their office in Susquehanna County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $30.9 million — $27.8 million to run schools, about $22,920 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $12.8 million local (mostly property tax), $15.6 million state, $3.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $60,000.
Spent $24 million — $22.2 million to run schools, about $20,017 per student, plus $331,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $10.5 million local (mostly property tax), $12.9 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.8 million.
Spent $23.9 million — $21 million to run schools, about $20,820 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.6 million local (mostly property tax), $13.3 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $656,000.
Spent $23.4 million — $21.4 million to run schools, about $22,700 per student, plus $932,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.2 million local (mostly property tax), $10.7 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.5 million.
Spent $18.3 million — $17.1 million to run schools, about $21,778 per student, plus $149,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.2 million local (mostly property tax), $12.7 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $171,000.
Spent $22 million — $18.1 million to run schools, about $23,740 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.1 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.4 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 Susquehanna County about $17.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
286 bridges in Susquehanna County: 108 in good condition, 127 fair, and 51 poor (17.8%). “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 0081 I-81 NB over SR 0106 TR 106 · built 1961 | 10,769 vehicles a day |
| SR 0011 TR 11 over TRIB TO SALT LICK CREEK · built 1937 | 5,005 vehicles a day |
| SR 0247 TR 247 over D&H RAILROAD (ABANDONED) · built 1961 | 2,658 vehicles a day |
| SR 0171 TR 171 over DENTON CREEK · built 1946 | 2,229 vehicles a day |
| PA 171 over CANAWACTA CREEK · built 1925 | 2,079 vehicles a day |
| SR 0167 TR 167 over MARTINS CREEK · built 1962 | 1,787 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $56.7 million of work in Susquehanna County in fiscal 2025, about $1,475 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 Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Wyoming County (23 mi) · Broome County, NY (24 mi) · Lackawanna County (28 mi) · Wayne County (29 mi) · Tioga County, NY (36 mi) · Bradford County (36 mi).