How Berry is run
Berry spent $2.4 million in the year to September 30, 2022, about $2,184 per resident.
What stands out about how Berry is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
Who runs Berry
From public records, which can lag behind an election. Tell us if a name is out of date.
The typical homeowner pays $269 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.27% of the home’s value, vs 0.38% across Alabama.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Berry’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
About $2,184 per resident a year, or $5.98 a day
The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 75% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Fayette County School District
Berry’s K–12 school district, shared with Belk, Fayette, Glen Allen. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,918 per pupil, $6,922 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Alabama districts overall: 31% local, 53% state, 16% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
One full-time town employee for every 84 residents
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Berry.
- 1Your cityMayor & council
- 2Alabama HouseState representatives
- 3Alabama SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alabama
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Berry’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Berry is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Officials: Open States and Wikidata. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.