How Tarrant is run
Tarrant spent $3 million in the year to September 30, 2024, about $514 per resident.
What stands out about how Tarrant is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $514 per resident a year, or $1.41 a day
The biggest line: fire, at 69% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Per resident, spending is down 84% since 2022
Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Spending per resident by year
* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).
One full-time town employee for every 64 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.
Who’s in charge in Tarrant
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Tarrant yet. Neighbors can add them.
Tarrant City School District
Tarrant’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,648 per pupil, $7,531 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 $673 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.56% 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 Tarrant’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 Tarrant’s budget compares
Tarrant spends the least per resident of the 3 towns here. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant | $514 | $894 | $673 |
| Fultondale | $988 | $2,631 | $802 |
| Birmingham | $3,960 | $3,587 | $997 |
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 Tarrant.
- 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 Tarrant’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 Tarrant 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.