How Whitefield is run
Whitefield spent $735,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $1,366 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Whitefield is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
The typical homeowner pays $2,141 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.25% of the home’s value, vs 1.02% across Minnesota.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Whitefield’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.
Willmar Public School District
Whitefield’s K–12 school district, shared with Blomkest, Kandiyohi, Pennock, Willmar, Kandiyohi and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,523 per pupil, $10,303 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.
Minnesota districts overall: 30% local, 62% state, 8% federal.
MACCRAY School District · $15,984 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Whitefield
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Whitefield yet. Neighbors can add them.
About $1,366 per resident a year, or $3.74 a day
The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 77% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Whitefield didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
0 full-time staff
On the payroll in March 2022 (a Census Bureau estimate).
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
How Whitefield’s budget compares
Whitefield ranks 6th lowest of 6 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 Whitefield.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Minnesota HouseState representatives
- 3Minnesota SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Minnesota
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Whitefield’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 Whitefield 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 Whitefield, 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.