8,538 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.8% since 2020)
200 square miles of land · 43 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.
2 active community water systems list Houston County in the area they serve, reporting 12,337 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ERIN WATER DEPARTMENT surface water · local government · TN0000230 | 8,168 served |
| TENNESSEE RIDGE WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · TN0000698 | 4,169 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 37 people were held in Houston County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 695 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 30.
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 Houston County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $16.3 million — $14.4 million to run schools, about $11,276 per student, plus $1.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3 million local (mostly property tax), $10 million state, $3.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.7 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Houston County about $5.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
118 bridges in Houston County: 54 in good condition, 60 fair, and 4 poor (3.4%). “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.
| FAS 13 over MUSTER GROUND CREEK · built 1928 | 1,617 vehicles a day |
| NFA 937 (SA 4202) over WHITEOAK CREEK · built 1959 | 323 vehicles a day |
| NFA 1783 over ERIN BRANCH · built 1965 | 310 vehicles a day |
| FAS 232 over HURRICANE CREEK · built 1961 | 253 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.2 million of work in Houston County in fiscal 2025, about $144 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.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-29. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-24. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State: elections calendar · Tennessee Secretary of State: registration deadline FAQ · Tennessee Secretary of State: GoVoteTN
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Houston 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 Houston County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Stewart County (13 mi) · Humphreys County (18 mi) · Dickson County (21 mi) · Montgomery County (23 mi) · Benton County (25 mi) · Henry County (33 mi).