Town Hall · De Valls Bluff

De Valls Bluff, AR town hall & government

De Valls Bluff spent $706,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $1,288 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach De Valls Bluff's government.

Town budget

Where De Valls Bluff's money goes

Spent
$706,000
fiscal year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$1,288
typical Arkansas cities: $1,073
Long-term debt
$660,000
$1,204 per resident
Water & other utilities
$222,00031%
Police
$138,00020%
Administration & buildings
$103,00015%
Fire
$99,00014%
Roads & transportation
$74,00010%
Sewer & trash
$50,0007%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$9,0001%
Parks & libraries
$5,0001%
Interest on debt
$5,0001%
Health & welfare
$1,000<1%

Where the money comes from

  • Utility sales 24%
  • Sales taxes 22%
  • From the state 12%
  • From the federal government 11%
  • Interest, fines & other 11%
  • Fees & charges 8%
  • From other local governments 8%
  • Property taxes 3%
  • Other taxes & licenses <1%
Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for De Valls Bluff

Full-time staff
4
16 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$47,600
a year, before benefits
Sworn police officers
1
full-time, with power of arrest
Administration & buildings
1 full-time12 part
Courts, inspections & corrections
0 full-time4 part
Police
1 full-time
Water & other utilities
1 full-time
Other
1 full-time

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. De Valls Bluff didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Hazen School District

De Valls Bluff's K–12 school district, shared with Fredonia (Biscoe), Hazen and Ulm. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$14,515
Arkansas: $13,585
Students
563
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$5.4 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from Arkansas districts overall: 16% local, 70% state, 14% federal

  • Local 19%
  • State 70%
  • Federal 11%

Of the $14,515 per pupil, $7,723 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Local

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Beyond town hall

Who represents De Valls Bluff

De Valls Bluff is represented in Congress by Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton and Representative Eric A. "Rick" Crawford. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is governor.

All of De Valls Bluff's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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