Town Hall · Wills

Wills, IN town hall & government

Wills spent $99,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $47 per resident.

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

Town budget

Where Wills's money goes

Spent
$99,000
fiscal year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$47
typical Indiana towns: $29
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Paid to other governments
$59,00060%
Fire
$40,00040%

Where the money comes from

  • Property taxes 75%
  • From the state 25%
Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Wills

Full-time staff
0
7 part-time too
Administration & buildings
0 full-time7 part

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

Schools · school year 2023–24

New Prairie United School Corporation

Wills's K–12 school district, shared with Galena, Hudson, New Carlisle, Olive and Kankakee. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$11,910
Indiana: $13,688
Students
2,850
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$6.9 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from Indiana districts overall: 33% local, 56% state, 11% federal

  • Local 31%
  • State 61%
  • Federal 8%

Of the $11,910 per pupil, $5,785 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.

Property tax

What homeowners in Wills pay

Typical tax bill
$2,366
a year · Indiana typical $1,614
Effective rate
0.93%
of home value · Indiana 0.74%
Typical home value
$255,500
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 Wills's government

Town hall & decisions in Wills →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Wills

Wills is represented in Congress by Senators Todd Young and Jim Banks and Representative Rudy Yakym III. Mike Braun is governor.

All of Wills'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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