Town Hall · Yorktown

Yorktown, IL town hall & government

Yorktown spent $85,000 in the year to March 31, 2022, about $208 per resident.

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

Town budget

Where Yorktown's money goes

Spent
$85,000
fiscal year to March 31, 2022
Per resident
$208
typical Illinois towns: $116
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Administration & buildings
$47,00055%
Roads & transportation
$27,00032%
Other
$11,00013%

Where the money comes from

  • Property taxes 90%
  • From the state 9%
  • Interest, fines & other 1%

Revenue here is well above spending. That usually means Yorktown collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted above.

Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Yorktown

Full-time staff
0
10 part-time too
Administration & buildings
0 full-time10 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Yorktown didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Annawan Community Unit School District 226

Yorktown's K–12 school district, shared with Alba, Annawan, Hooppole, Mineral, Annawan and Mineral. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$17,364
Illinois: $21,567
Students
327
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$950,000
at year end

Where the district's money comes from Illinois districts overall: 52% local, 38% state, 10% federal

  • Local 57%
  • State 37%
  • Federal 6%

Of the $17,364 per pupil, $10,046 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.

Also serving Yorktown: Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Community Unit School District 3 ($15,473 per pupil).

Property tax

What homeowners in Yorktown pay

Typical tax bill
$1,817
a year · Illinois typical $5,298
Effective rate
1.88%
of home value · Illinois 2.01%
Typical home value
$96,400
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 Yorktown's government

Town hall & decisions in Yorktown →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Yorktown

Yorktown is represented in Congress by Senators Richard J. Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and Representative Darin LaHood. J. B. Pritzker is governor.

All of Yorktown'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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