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How Vienna is run

Vienna spent $1,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $10 per resident.

Town budget
$1,000
spent, year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$10
Below typical Kansas towns ($107)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
Town staff
0
full-time · 5 part-time
Typical tax bill
$2,167
a year · KS $2,798

What stands out about how Vienna 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 $10 per resident a year, or $0.03 a day

The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 100% of spending.

Where the money comes from
From other local governments 100%
Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $2,167 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Kansas$2,798
Vienna$2,167
Sherman$1,875
Lincoln$1,760
Mill Creek$1,458
$2,167
typical bill a year
Your own bill

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

Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton Unified School District 322

Vienna’s K–12 school district, shared with Grant, Havensville, Lincoln, Lone Tree, Mill Creek and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Vienna →
$14,439
per pupil · KS $14,966
342
students
None
long-term debt

Of the $14,439 per pupil, $9,108 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 25%State 70%Federal 5%

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

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

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Vienna

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

Who works for Vienna

0 full-time staff

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings0 + 4 pt
Other0 + 1 pt
0
full-time
5
part-time

Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

Next door

How Vienna’s budget compares

Town budgets across the town line. 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
Vienna$10—$2,167
Lincoln——$1,760
Mill Creek——$1,458
Sherman——$1,875
St. Clere———
Center———

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

Who represents Vienna

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Vienna.

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 Vienna’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 Vienna is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Does Vienna 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. 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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