Town Hall · McRae

McRae, AR town hall & government

McRae spent $460,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $686 per resident.

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

Town budget

Where McRae's money goes

Spent
$460,000
fiscal year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$686
typical Arkansas cities: $1,073
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Police
$124,00027%
Administration & buildings
$114,00025%
Roads & transportation
$109,00024%
Fire
$68,00015%
Sewer & trash
$22,0005%
Health & welfare
$6,0001%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$4,0001%
Other
$13,0003%

Where the money comes from

  • From other local governments 41%
  • Sales taxes 16%
  • From the state 14%
  • Interest, fines & other 13%
  • From the federal government 12%
  • Property taxes 4%
Town workforce

Who works for McRae

Full-time staff
7
1 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$37,700
a year, before benefits
Sworn police officers
1
full-time, with power of arrest
Courts, inspections & corrections
2 full-time
Administration & buildings
2 full-time
Police
1 full-time1 part
Sewer & trash
1 full-time
Water & other utilities
1 full-time

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

Schools · school year 2023–24

Beebe School District

McRae's K–12 school district, shared with Beebe and Garner. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$11,187
Arkansas: $13,585
Students
3,433
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$19.9 million
at year end

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

  • Local 14%
  • State 75%
  • Federal 11%

Of the $11,187 per pupil, $6,458 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 McRae pay

Typical tax bill
$530
a year · Arkansas typical $1,040
Effective rate
0.53%
of home value · Arkansas 0.55%
Typical home value
$99,400
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 McRae's government

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Beyond town hall

Who represents McRae

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

All of McRae'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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