How Ulen is run
Ulen spent $353,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $2,780 per resident.
What stands out about how Ulen is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $2,780 per resident a year, or $7.62 a day
The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 93% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Lebanon Community School Corporation
Ulen’s K–12 school district, shared with Center Township, Perry Township, Worth Township, Whitestown, Lebanon and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,684 per pupil, $7,343 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.
Indiana districts overall: 33% local, 56% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Ulen
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Ulen yet. Neighbors can add them.
The typical homeowner pays $2,742 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.64% of the home’s value, vs 0.74% across Indiana.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Ulen’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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Ulen.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Indiana HouseState representatives
- 3Indiana SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Indiana
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Ulen’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 Ulen 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.