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Town Hall · Avon

How Avon is run

Avon spent $3,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $18 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)

Town budget
$3,000
spent, year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$18
Below typical Kansas towns ($107)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
Typical tax bill
$1,513
a year · KS $2,798

What stands out about how Avon is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Your share of the budget

About $18 per resident a year, or $0.05 a day

The biggest line: other, at 100% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Property taxes 100%
An estimate

Avon didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.

Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $1,513 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.63% of the home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Kansas$2,798
Westphalia$2,204
Star$2,194
Avon$1,513
Spring Creek$1,458
$1,513
typical bill a year
0.63%
effective rate
$238,600
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Avon’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.

The school district

Leroy-Gridley Unified School District 245

Avon’s K–12 school district, shared with Gridley, LeRoy, LeRoy, Spring Creek, Liberty and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Avon →
$24,641
per pupil · KS $14,966
170
students
None
long-term debt

Of the $24,641 per pupil, $14,912 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.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 37%State 59%Federal 4%

Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.

Also serving Avon

Burlington Unified School District 244 · $22,194 per pupil

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Avon

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Avon yet. Neighbors can add them.

Next door

How Avon’s budget compares

Avon ranks 2nd lowest of 5 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.

Spends the leastSpends the mostNo figures
TownSpent per residentDebt per residentTax bill
Star$7—$2,194
Avon$18—$1,513
Westphalia$30—$2,204
Spring Creek$37—$1,458
Hampden$202——

The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.

Who represents Avon

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Avon.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your townTown government
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Kansas HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Kansas SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach Avon’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.

The Handbook →

Questions about how Avon is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Does Avon get good value for its tax dollars?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Ask neighbors

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 (for Avon, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.

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