40,698 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.8% since 2020)
1,134 square miles of land · 36 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 Tioga County in the area they serve, reporting 25,177 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WELLSBORO MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · PA2590042 | 8,225 served |
| MANSFIELD BOROUGH MUN AUTH surface water · local government · PA2590038 | 4,100 served |
| MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY surface water · state · PA2590812 | 3,000 served |
| ELKLAND BORO WATER AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · PA2590035 | 2,660 served |
| BLOSSBURG MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY surface water · local government · PA2590033 | 1,650 served |
| WESTFIELD BOROUGH WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · PA2590043 | 1,300 served |
| LAWRENCEVILLE BORO WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · PA2590050 | 691 served |
| TIOGA BORO MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · PA2590031 | 615 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 60 people were held in Tioga County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 244 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 69.
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.
3 school districts have their office in Tioga County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $42.1 million — $37.7 million to run schools, about $18,884 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14.9 million local (mostly property tax), $24.4 million state, $5.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.7 million.
Spent $35.8 million — $32.8 million to run schools, about $19,275 per student, plus $958,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.1 million local (mostly property tax), $18.5 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.4 million.
Spent $30 million — $27.3 million to run schools, about $19,227 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.2 million local (mostly property tax), $12.5 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.2 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 Tioga County about $18.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
431 bridges in Tioga County: 213 in good condition, 204 fair, and 14 poor (3.2%). “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 2017 over OVER TIOGA RIVER · built 1933 | 4,129 vehicles a day |
| SR 4002 over CHARLESTON RUN · built 1935 | 3,221 vehicles a day |
| S.R.4027 over OVER CUMMINGS CREEK · built 1952 | 675 vehicles a day |
| SR 4012 over OVER MILL CREEK · built 1921 | 382 vehicles a day |
| WESTFIELD TWP T374 over JEMISON CREEK · built 1975 | 150 vehicles a day |
| T-385 over STONY FORK CREEK · built 1935 | 105 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $27.3 million of work in Tioga County in fiscal 2025, about $664 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 Tioga 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 Tioga County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Lycoming County (31 mi) · Potter County (33 mi) · Steuben County, NY (35 mi) · Chemung County, NY (37 mi) · Bradford County (39 mi) · Clinton County (41 mi).