How Newark is run
Newark spent $1,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $4 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Newark is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $4 per resident a year, or $0.01 a day
The biggest line: fire, at 100% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Newark didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
Neodesha Unified School District 461
Newark’s K–12 school district, shared with Neodesha, Neodesha, Sycamore. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,158 per pupil, $9,490 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.
Cherryvale Unified School District 447 · $16,337 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Newark
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Newark yet. Neighbors can add them.
The typical homeowner pays $2,882 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.05% 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 Newark’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.
How Newark’s budget compares
Newark ranks 2nd lowest of 4 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 Newark.
- 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 Newark’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 Newark 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 (for Newark, 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.