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How Fleming-Neon is run

Fleming-Neon spent $1.7 million in the year to June 30, 2023, about $3,191 per resident.

Photo: Brian Stansberry
City budget
$1.7 million
spent, year to June 30, 2023
Per resident
$3,191
Above typical Kentucky cities ($1,581)
Long-term debt
$758,000
$1,419 per resident
City staff
5
full-time · 7 part-time
Typical tax bill
$421
a year · KY $1,544

What stands out about how Fleming-Neon is run

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

★ What stands out · Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $421 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.80% of the home’s value, vs 0.75% across Kentucky.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Kentucky$1,544
McRoberts$878
Fleming-Neon$421
$421
typical bill a year
0.80%
effective rate
$52,900
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

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

Your share of the budget

About $3,191 per resident a year, or $8.74 a day

The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 32% of spending.

Where the money comes from
From the state 38%Utility sales 29%Fees & charges 26%Sales taxes 4%Property taxes 2%Other taxes & licenses <1%Interest, fines & other <1%
The school district

Letcher County School District

Fleming-Neon’s K–12 school district, shared with Whitesburg. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Fleming-Neon →
$19,910
per pupil · KY $14,752
2,467
students
$9.8 million
long-term debt

Of the $19,910 per pupil, $9,715 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 18%State 53%Federal 29%

Kentucky districts overall: 37% local, 46% state, 17% federal.

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

Over the years

Per resident, spending is up 5598% since 2022

Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.

Spending per resident by year

2022 *$56
2023$3,191
$1.7 million
spent in 2023
$34,000
spent in 2022

* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Fleming-Neon

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

Who works for Fleming-Neon

One full-time town employee for every 107 residents

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings3 + 7 pt
Courts, inspections & corrections2
5
full-time
7
part-time
$25,500
average full-time pay, before benefits

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

Next door

How Fleming-Neon’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.

McRoberts: no budget figuresMcRobertsFleming-Neon
Spends the leastSpends the mostNo figures
TownSpent per residentDebt per residentTax bill
Fleming-Neon$3,191$1,419$421
McRoberts——$878

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

Who represents Fleming-Neon

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Fleming-Neon.

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

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

Reach Fleming-Neon’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 Fleming-Neon is run?

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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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