How Nevada is run
Nevada spent $137,000 in the year to March 31, 2022, about $637 per resident.
What stands out about how Nevada is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
Odell Community Consolidated School District 435
Nevada’s elementary school district, shared with Odell, Odell, Union. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,525 per pupil, $9,883 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.
Pontiac Township High School District 90 · $21,527 per pupil
Dwight Township High School District 230 · $31,169 per pupil
Dwight Common School District 232 · $13,831 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Nevada
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Nevada yet. Neighbors can add them.
About $637 per resident a year, or $1.75 a day
The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 55% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Nevada collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
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.
The typical homeowner pays $4,670 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.47% 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 Nevada’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.
How Nevada’s budget compares
Nevada ranks 4th lowest of 5 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
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 Nevada.
- 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 Nevada’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 Nevada 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.