Town Hall · Wooster

Wooster, AR town hall & government

Wooster spent $732,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $651 per resident.

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

Town budget · Census estimate

Where Wooster's money goes

Spent
$732,000
fiscal year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$651
typical Arkansas cities: $1,073
Long-term debt
$38,000
$34 per resident
Sewer & trash
$221,00030%
Administration & buildings
$174,00024%
Roads & transportation
$166,00023%
Water & other utilities
$107,00015%
Fire
$47,0006%
Police
$17,0002%

Where the money comes from

  • From other local governments 38%
  • Utility sales 17%
  • From the state 14%
  • Fees & charges 11%
  • Property taxes 10%
  • Interest, fines & other 5%
  • Sales taxes 4%

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

Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Wooster

Full-time staff
5
19 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$60,400
a year, before benefits
Administration & buildings
2 full-time19 part
Water & other utilities
3 full-time

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2025. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Wooster didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Greenbrier School District

Wooster's K–12 school district, shared with Greenbrier and Holland. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$11,062
Arkansas: $13,585
Students
3,766
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$92.4 million
at year end

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

  • Local 12%
  • State 78%
  • Federal 9%

Of the $11,062 per pupil, $5,982 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 Wooster pay

Typical tax bill
$1,725
a year · Arkansas typical $1,040
Effective rate
0.52%
of home value · Arkansas 0.55%
Typical home value
$333,000
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 Wooster's government

Town hall & decisions in Wooster →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Wooster

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

All of Wooster'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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