32,392 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.4% since 2020)
260 square miles of land · 124 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.
5 active community water systems list Powhatan County in the area they serve, reporting 5,131 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| POWHATAN COURTHOUSE groundwater · private · VA4145675 | 3,005 served |
| FOUNDERS BRIDGE buys surface water · private · VA4145200 | 980 served |
| TILMANS FARM groundwater · private · VA4145820 | 437 served |
| LAKE SHAWNEE ESTATES groundwater · private · VA4145510 | 379 served |
| MILL QUARTER PLANTATION groundwater · private · VA4145600 | 330 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.
No county jail figure in the national data for Powhatan County — not gathered, never hidden. Some counties share a regional jail or have none.
1 school district has its office in Powhatan County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $59.1 million — $55.7 million to run schools, about $13,138 per student, plus $163,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $26.8 million local (mostly property tax), $26.6 million state, $5.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $59.9 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 Powhatan County about $9.6 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.
34 bridges in Powhatan County: 7 in good condition, 24 fair, and 3 poor (8.8%). “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.
| HUGUENOT TRAIL over NORWOOD CREEK · built 1939 | 7,387 vehicles a day |
| PETERSBURG ROAD over BUTTERWOOD CREEK · built 1955 | 610 vehicles a day |
| COSBY ROAD over GADDES CREEK · built 1954 | 251 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $101,094 of work in Powhatan County in fiscal 2025, about $3 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 Powhatan 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 Powhatan County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Goochland County (12 mi) · Amelia County (15 mi) · Cumberland County (19 mi) · Chesterfield County (21 mi) · Richmond city (24 mi) · Hanover County (27 mi).