78,622 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.3% since 2020)
967 square miles of land · 81 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.
20 active community water systems list Augusta County in the area they serve, reporting 43,032 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SOUTH RIVER SANITARY DISTRICT surface water · local government · VA2015575 | 26,083 served |
| VERONA - WEYERS CAVE buys surface water · local government · VA2015725 | 7,808 served |
| DOOMS - ACSA groundwater · local government · VA2015225 | 2,408 served |
| CRAIGSVILLE, TOWN OF groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · VA2015150 | 2,340 served |
| CHURCHVILLE - ACSA groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · VA2015120 | 1,150 served |
| BLACKBURN - ACSA buys surface water · local government · VA2015060 | 1,023 served |
| COUNTRY ESTATES MOBILE HOME PARK groundwater · private · VA2015325 | 300 served |
| HARRISTON - ACSA groundwater · local government · VA2015375 | 288 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 260 people were held in Augusta County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 532 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 370.
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 Augusta County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $184.5 million — $141 million to run schools, about $13,996 per student, plus $35.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $66.3 million local (mostly property tax), $79.5 million state, $17.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $88.8 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 Augusta County about $25.3 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.
356 bridges in Augusta County: 124 in good condition, 222 fair, and 10 poor (2.8%). “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.
| PARKERSBURG TRNPK over EDISON CREEK · built 1926 | 4,590 vehicles a day |
| MT TORREY RD over BACK CREEK · built 1948 | 3,476 vehicles a day |
| SOUTH BAYARD AVE over ROCKFISH RUN · built 1932 | 2,500 vehicles a day |
| EAKLE RD over MEADOW RUN · built 1940 | 337 vehicles a day |
| MOFFETT BRANCH RD over MOFFETTS CREEK · built 1940 | 331 vehicles a day |
| KNIGHTLY MILL RD over MIDDLE RIVER · built 1915 | 309 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $10.1 million of work in Augusta County in fiscal 2025, about $131 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. Early voting: 2026-09-18 to 2026-10-31. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-23. Mail ballot request deadline: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Virginia Department of Elections: upcoming elections · Virginia Department of Elections: voter FAQ · Virginia Department of Elections: absentee voting
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Nearby counties: Staunton city (4 mi) · Waynesboro city (15 mi) · Harrisonburg city (23 mi) · Highland County (27 mi) · Rockingham County (27 mi) · Rockbridge County (30 mi).