How Hartly is run
Hartly spent $33,000 in the year to December 31, 2023, about $458 per resident.
What stands out about how Hartly is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
The typical homeowner pays $523 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.60% of the home’s value, vs 0.50% across Delaware.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Hartly’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
About $458 per resident a year, or $1.25 a day
The biggest line: fire, at 58% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Capital School District
Hartly’s K–12 school district, shared with Cheswold, Little Creek, Dover, Leipsic. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $23,521 per pupil, $12,903 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Delaware districts overall: 32% local, 57% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Per resident, spending is up 24% since 2022
Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Spending per resident by year
* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).
Who’s in charge in Hartly
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Hartly yet. Neighbors can add them.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Hartly.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Delaware HouseState representatives
- 3Delaware SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Delaware
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Hartly’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Hartly is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.