54,098 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.4% since 2020)
561 square miles of land · 96 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.
6 active community water systems list Washington County in the area they serve, reporting 48,087 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| WASHINGTON COUNTY SERVICE AUTHORITY surface water · local government · VA1191883 | 47,574 served |
| HAYTERS GAP buys groundwater · local government · VA1191295 | 254 served |
| CLEAR CREEK buys surface water · local government · VA1191150 | 150 served |
| HIDDEN VALLEY buys surface water · local government · VA1191311 | 84 served |
| GREEN SPRING ROAD buys surface water · local government · VA1191275 | 25 served |
| CHILHOWIE_WCSA REGIONAL WTP groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · VA1191100 | 0 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 745 people were held in Washington County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2025). In 2020 it was about 581.
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 Washington County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $100.6 million — $95.2 million to run schools, about $14,125 per student, plus $4.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $32.4 million local (mostly property tax), $57.4 million state, $15.7 million federal.
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 Washington County about $12.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
186 bridges in Washington County: 33 in good condition, 149 fair, and 4 poor (2.2%). “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.
| Lee Highway over HALL CREEK · built 1932 | 3,734 vehicles a day |
| TAYLOR VALLEY ROAD over LAUREL CREEK · built 1990 | 261 vehicles a day |
| ORCHARD HILL ROAD over LAUREL CREEK · built 1932 | 230 vehicles a day |
| GRASSY RIDGE RD. over BIG LAUREL CREEK · built 1932 | 56 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $49.6 million of work in Washington County in fiscal 2025, about $920 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 Washington 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 Washington County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Bristol city (15 mi) · Russell County (15 mi) · Johnson County, TN (21 mi) · Smyth County (24 mi) · Sullivan County, TN (25 mi) · Ashe County, NC (33 mi).