49,476 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.7% since 2020)
674 square miles of land · 73 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.
25 active community water systems list Venango County in the area they serve, reporting 37,321 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| OIL CITY groundwater · local government · PA6610023 | 9,608 served |
| GENERAL AUTHORITY OF FRANKLIN groundwater · local government · PA6610020 | 9,096 served |
| SENECA & CRANBERRY MALL DIST groundwater · local government · PA6610031 | 4,500 served |
| SANDYCREEK TWP WATERWORKS buys groundwater · local government · PA6610042 | 2,417 served |
| CORNPLANTER TOWNSHIP buys groundwater · local government · PA6610035 | 1,835 served |
| BARKEYVILLE MUN AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · PA6610036 | 1,600 served |
| POLK CENTER surface water · state · PA6610010 | 1,058 served |
| SUGARCREEK BOROUGH buys groundwater · local government · PA6610044 | 1,000 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 127 people were held in Venango County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 437 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 166.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Venango County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $39.8 million — $32.1 million to run schools, about $17,509 per student, plus $4.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.3 million local (mostly property tax), $27.4 million state, $5.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $15.2 million.
Spent $40.9 million — $34.2 million to run schools, about $18,948 per student, plus $4.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $13.2 million local (mostly property tax), $22.2 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.1 million.
Spent $26.2 million — $20.4 million to run schools, about $17,541 per student, plus $4.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.2 million local (mostly property tax), $13 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $510,000.
Spent $17.5 million — $15.1 million to run schools, about $18,557 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4 million local (mostly property tax), $11.4 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.2 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 Venango County about $15.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
189 bridges in Venango County: 70 in good condition, 92 fair, and 27 poor (14.3%). “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 62 FRNKN-OIL CT over OVER UPPER TWO MILE RUN · built 1956 | 7,968 vehicles a day |
| SR 38 over OVER PINE RUN · built 1926 | 1,310 vehicles a day |
| SR 208 over OVER SR 80 EB/WB · built 1965 | 1,137 vehicles a day |
| SR 3024 SAVANAH RD over OVER LITTLE SANDY CREEK · built 1955 | 1,100 vehicles a day |
| SR 208 EMLENTON RD over OVER LITTLE SCRUBGRASS · built 1960 | 1,021 vehicles a day |
| T-685 SUGAR CK.DR. over OVER SUGARCREEK TRIB. · built 1924 | 500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $13.3 million of work in Venango County in fiscal 2025, about $263 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 Venango 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 Venango County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Clarion County (23 mi) · Mercer County (26 mi) · Crawford County (27 mi) · Forest County (28 mi) · Butler County (35 mi) · Warren County (38 mi).