How Mount Hope is run
Mount Hope spent $232,000 in the year to March 31, 2022, about $220 per resident.
What stands out about how Mount Hope is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
The typical homeowner pays $3,364 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 2.28% of the home’s value, vs 2.01% across Illinois.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Mount Hope’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.
Olympia Community Unit School District 16
Mount Hope’s K–12 school district, shared with Allin, Armington, Atlanta, Danvers, Danvers and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,450 per pupil, $8,684 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.
Illinois districts overall: 52% local, 38% state, 10% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Mount Hope
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Mount Hope yet. Neighbors can add them.
About $220 per resident a year, or $0.60 a day
The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 34% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
0 full-time staff
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
How Mount Hope’s budget compares
Mount Hope ranks 3rd lowest of 6 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | $76 | — | $2,206 |
| Hittle | $200 | — | $3,338 |
| Mount Hope | $220 | — | $3,364 |
| Eminence | $229 | $367 | $3,000 |
| Allin | $372 | — | $3,217 |
| Funks Grove | $735 | — | $6,250 |
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Mount Hope.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Illinois HouseState representatives
- 3Illinois SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Illinois
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Mount Hope’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 Mount Hope 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.