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How Baldwin Park is run

Baldwin Park spent $12,000 in the year to August 31, 2022, about $125 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)

City budget
$12,000
spent, year to August 31, 2022
Per resident
$125
Below typical Missouri cities ($1,159)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
Typical tax bill
$567
a year · MO $1,948

What stands out about how Baldwin Park 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 $125 per resident a year, or $0.34 a day

The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 58% of spending.

Where the money comes from
From the state 38%Interest, fines & other 34%Property taxes 14%Other taxes & licenses 14%
An estimate

Baldwin Park didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.

Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $567 a year

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

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Missouri$1,948
Baldwin Park$567
$567
typical bill a year
Your own bill

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

Pleasant Hill R-III School District

Baldwin Park’s K–12 school district, shared with Pleasant Hill. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Baldwin Park →
$11,785
per pupil · MO $14,569
2,130
students
$21 million
long-term debt

Of the $11,785 per pupil, $6,057 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 49%State 44%Federal 7%

Missouri districts overall: 54% local, 35% state, 11% federal.

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

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Baldwin Park

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

Who represents Baldwin Park

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Baldwin Park.

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

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

Reach Baldwin Park’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 Baldwin Park is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Does Baldwin Park get good value for its tax dollars?

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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 (for Baldwin Park, 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.

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