Town Hall · Guy

Guy, AR town hall & government

Guy spent $364,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $460 per resident.

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

Town budget

Where Guy's money goes

Spent
$364,000
fiscal year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$460
typical Arkansas cities: $1,073
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Administration & buildings
$182,00050%
Police
$95,00026%
Roads & transportation
$47,00013%
Parks & libraries
$39,00011%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$1,000<1%

Where the money comes from

  • Sales taxes 30%
  • Interest, fines & other 25%
  • From the federal government 17%
  • From the state 15%
  • Property taxes 11%
  • Other taxes & licenses 1%
Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Guy

Full-time staff
6
10 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$43,100
a year, before benefits
Sworn police officers
1
full-time, with power of arrest
Administration & buildings
1 full-time8 part
Water & other utilities
3 full-time1 part
Police
1 full-time1 part
Courts, inspections & corrections
1 full-time

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

Schools · school year 2023–24

Guy-Perkins Schools

Guy's K–12 school district, shared with Twin Groves. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$17,574
Arkansas: $13,585
Students
319
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$2.2 million
at year end

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

  • Local 20%
  • State 67%
  • Federal 13%

Of the $17,574 per pupil, $9,784 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 Guy pay

Typical tax bill
$1,500
a year · Arkansas typical $1,040
Effective rate
0.61%
of home value · Arkansas 0.55%
Typical home value
$246,600
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 Guy's government

Town hall & decisions in Guy →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Guy

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

All of Guy'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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