How Pierpont is run
Pierpont spent $0 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $0 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Pierpont is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
Columbia 93 School District
Pierpont’s K–12 school district, shared with Huntsdale, McBaine, Columbia. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,650 per pupil, $7,478 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.
Missouri districts overall: 54% local, 35% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Pierpont
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Pierpont yet. Neighbors can add them.
Where Pierpont’s money goes
Thank you for being a neighbor
Pierpont didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $2,357 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.73% of the home’s value, vs 0.85% across Missouri.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Pierpont’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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Pierpont.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Missouri HouseState representatives
- 3Missouri SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Missouri
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Pierpont’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 Pierpont 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 Pierpont, 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.