“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 school districts have their office in Nevada County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $15.5 million — $11 million to run schools, about $11,771 per student, plus $4.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $8.7 million state, $3.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $14.7 million.
Spent $5.8 million — $5.4 million to run schools, about $13,022 per student, plus $366,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $613,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $412,000.
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 Nevada County about $5.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
131 bridges in Nevada County: 46 in good condition, 79 fair, and 6 poor (4.6%). “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.
| SH 53 SEC.02-0.001 over LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER · built 1964 | 3,100 vehicles a day |
| SH 24 - 05 - 15.12 over CANEY CREEK · built 1950 | 1,393 vehicles a day |
| SH 387 - 01- 2.28 over (MILL CR.)WHITE OAK LAKE · built 1971 | 150 vehicles a day |
| SH 76 SEC.01-5.88 over W FORK CANEY · built 1955 | 140 vehicles a day |
| CO. RD.35 -E- 2.41 over WILSON CREEK · built 2003 | 121 vehicles a day |
| C.R. 290 - C -4.35 over CANEY CREEK · built 1929 | 80 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $11.6 million of work in Nevada County in fiscal 2025, about $1,394 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.
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