“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 school districts have their office in Union County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $62.5 million — $51.9 million to run schools, about $12,820 per student, plus $9.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.3 million local (mostly property tax), $36.2 million state, $10.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.2 million.
Spent $14.6 million — $13.8 million to run schools, about $11,892 per student, plus $572,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $10.1 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.2 million.
Spent $9.6 million — $8.8 million to run schools, about $10,404 per student, plus $349,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $7 million state, $949,000 federal. Long-term debt: $12.2 million.
Spent $8.3 million — $7.9 million to run schools, about $11,302 per student, plus $157,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.5 million local (mostly property tax), $4.9 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.4 million.
Spent $5.8 million — $5.6 million to run schools, about $17,778 per student, plus $100,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $714,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.6 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $1 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 Union County about $12.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
289 bridges in Union County: 185 in good condition, 101 fair, and 3 poor (1.0%). “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.
| US 82B S5 LM 2.42 over UN PAC RR & Jackson St · built 1935 | 11,000 vehicles a day |
| SH 172 S-0 LM 1.59 over CREEK · built 1986 | 416 vehicles a day |
| CR5(OP US 82)L20.1 over US 82-SEC 5 · built 1978 | 270 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $18.7 million of work in Union County in fiscal 2025, about $480 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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