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How Crawfordsville is run

Crawfordsville spent $450,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $993 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)

Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected])
City budget
$450,000
spent, year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$993
Below typical Arkansas cities ($1,073)
Long-term debt
$326,000
$720 per resident
City staff
4
full-time · 26 part-time
Typical tax bill
$671
a year · AR $1,040

What stands out about how Crawfordsville is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $671 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.44% of the home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Arkansas$1,040
Crawfordsville$671
$671
typical bill a year
0.44%
effective rate
$153,600
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Crawfordsville’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.

Your share of the budget

About $993 per resident a year, or $2.72 a day

The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 24% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Utility sales 21%Sales taxes 19%Fees & charges 17%From other local governments 16%From the state 13%Property taxes 6%Interest, fines & other 6%Other taxes & licenses 1%
An estimate

Crawfordsville didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.

The school district

Marion School District

Crawfordsville’s K–12 school district, shared with Clarkedale, Gilmore, Jericho, Sunset, Turrell and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Crawfordsville →
$13,229
per pupil · AR $13,585
3,886
students
$52.2 million
long-term debt

Of the $13,229 per pupil, $6,436 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.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 15%State 71%Federal 14%

Arkansas districts overall: 16% local, 70% state, 14% federal.

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Crawfordsville

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Crawfordsville yet. Neighbors can add them.

Who works for Crawfordsville

One full-time town employee for every 113 residents

On the payroll in March 2022 (a Census Bureau estimate).

By department full-time, plus part-time

Fire0 + 22 pt
Water & other utilities3 + 2 pt
Administration & buildings1 + 2 pt
4
full-time
26
part-time
$33,100
average full-time pay, before benefits

Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

Who represents Crawfordsville

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Crawfordsville.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Arkansas HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Arkansas SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Arkansas

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach Crawfordsville’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.

The Handbook →

Questions about how Crawfordsville is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Does Crawfordsville get good value for its tax dollars?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Ask neighbors

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 (for Crawfordsville, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.

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