How Sylacauga is run
Sylacauga spent $79.6 million in the year to September 30, 2024, about $6,487 per resident.
What stands out about how Sylacauga is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $6,487 per resident a year, or $17.77 a day
The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 77% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Per resident, spending is up 63% since 2022
Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Spending per resident by year
full-time in 2025, up from 165 in 2022.
* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).
One full-time town employee for every 71 residents
On the payroll in March 2025 (a Census Bureau estimate).
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.
Who’s in charge in Sylacauga
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Sylacauga yet. Neighbors can add them.
Sylacauga City School District
Sylacauga’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,879 per pupil, $7,998 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.
The typical homeowner pays $783 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.49% 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 Sylacauga’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.
How Sylacauga’s budget compares
Sylacauga ranks 3rd lowest of 3 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childersburg | $658 | — | $563 |
| Oak Grove | $815 | — | $487 |
| Sylacauga | $6,487 | $5,019 | $783 |
| Mignon | — | — | $199 |
| Fayetteville | — | — | $746 |
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Sylacauga.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 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 Sylacauga’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 Sylacauga 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. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.