Town Hall · Griffithville

Griffithville, AR town hall & government

Griffithville spent $10,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $45 per resident.

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

Town budget

Where Griffithville's money goes

Spent
$10,000
fiscal year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$45
typical Arkansas cities: $1,073
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Health & welfare
$10,000100%

Where the money comes from

  • From the state 100%
Town workforce

Who works for Griffithville

Full-time staff
1
1 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$6,000
a year, before benefits
Administration & buildings
1 full-time1 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Riverview School District

Griffithville's K–12 school district, shared with Georgetown, Kensett, West Point and Judsonia. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$14,689
Arkansas: $13,585
Students
1,098
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$7.8 million
at year end

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

  • Local 13%
  • State 68%
  • Federal 19%

Of the $14,689 per pupil, $7,681 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.

Property tax

What homeowners in Griffithville pay

Typical tax bill
$527
a year · Arkansas typical $1,040
Effective rate
0.73%
of home value · Arkansas 0.55%
Typical home value
$72,000
owner-occupied

The median yearly bill homeowners report, covering every local property tax on the home (town, schools, county). The effective rate is that bill divided by the median home value, so it's a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the survey estimate has a wide margin.

Local

Contact Griffithville's government

Town hall & decisions in Griffithville →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Griffithville

Griffithville is represented in Congress by Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton and Representative J. French Hill. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is governor.

All of Griffithville'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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