40,942 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.8% since 2020)
316 square miles of land · 130 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.
23 active community water systems list Isle of Wight County in the area they serve, reporting 23,376 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| SMITHFIELD, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · VA3093640 | 8,089 served |
| NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DIST. buys surface water · private · VA3093120 | 7,050 served |
| WINDSOR, TOWN OF groundwater · local government · VA3093900 | 2,400 served |
| GATLING POINTE buys groundwater · local government · VA3093260 | 1,470 served |
| CAMPTOWN buys groundwater · local government · VA3093117 | 855 served |
| CLYDES DALE COMMUNITY groundwater · private · VA3093190 | 600 served |
| SMITHFIELD HEIGHTS/SANDY MOUNT MANOR groundwater · private · VA3093580 | 475 served |
| WRENNS MILL ESTATES groundwater · private · VA3093915 | 372 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 195 people were held in Isle of Wight County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2024), or 771 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2019 it was about 161.
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 Isle of Wight County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $81.5 million — $75 million to run schools, about $13,320 per student, plus $3.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $30.2 million local (mostly property tax), $42.7 million state, $9.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.8 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Isle of Wight County about $15 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
85 bridges in Isle of Wight County: 28 in good condition, 51 fair, and 6 poor (7.1%). “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.
| U.S. ROUTE 17 over DISMAL SWAMP CANAL · built 1934 | 35,000 vehicles a day |
| STATE ROUTE 165 over A & C CANAL · built 1951 | 11,000 vehicles a day |
| South Church St over Cypress Creek · built 1975 | 10,582 vehicles a day |
| Mill Swamp Road over Stallings Creek · built 1945 | 729 vehicles a day |
| Woodland Drive over Great Swamp · built 1967 | 300 vehicles a day |
| Jenkins Mill Road over Kingsale Swamp · built 1964 | 110 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $4 million of work in Isle of Wight County in fiscal 2025, about $104 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
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Isle of Wight 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 Isle of Wight County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Suffolk city (15 mi) · Newport News city (16 mi) · Surry County (18 mi) · Portsmouth city (20 mi) · Franklin city (20 mi) · Hampton city (25 mi).