How Bethany is run
Bethany spent $27,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $173 per resident.
What stands out about how Bethany is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
The typical homeowner pays $1,033 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 2.58% of the home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Bethany’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.
Osborne County Unified School District 392
Bethany’s K–12 school district, shared with Alton, Hancock, Independence, Lawrence, Osborne and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,953 per pupil, $10,508 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.
Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.
Waconda Unified School District 272 · $17,141 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Bethany
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Bethany yet. Neighbors can add them.
About $173 per resident a year, or $0.47 a day
The biggest line: paid to other governments, at 100% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
How Bethany’s budget compares
Bethany ranks 3rd 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 Bethany.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Kansas HouseState representatives
- 3Kansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Bethany’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 Bethany 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.