Town Hall · Beulah

Beulah, MS town hall & government

Beulah spent $7.9 million in the year to September 30, 2024, about $33,055 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Beulah's government.

Town budget · Census estimate

Where Beulah's money goes

Spent
$7.9 million
fiscal year to September 30, 2024
Per resident
$33,055
typical Mississippi cities: $2,292
Long-term debt
$732,000
$3,076 per resident
Health & welfare
$5.7 million73%
Water & other utilities
$1.3 million17%
Police
$170,0002%
Sewer & trash
$167,0002%
Fire
$121,0002%
Roads & transportation
$83,0001%
Administration & buildings
$62,0001%
Parks & libraries
$40,0001%
Interest on debt
$20,000<1%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$10,000<1%
Other
$146,0002%

Where the money comes from

  • Fees & charges 73%
  • Utility sales 19%
  • From the state 4%
  • Property taxes 3%
  • Interest, fines & other 1%
  • Sales taxes <1%
  • Other taxes & licenses <1%
  • From other local governments <1%

Beulah didn't report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau's estimates.

Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Beulah

Full-time staff
0
3 part-time too
Administration & buildings
0 full-time3 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Beulah didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.

Schools · school year 2023–24

West Bolivar Consolidated School District

Beulah's K–12 school district, shared with Benoit, Gunnison, Pace, Rosedale and Shaw. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$16,276
Mississippi: $12,392
Students
887
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$1.9 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from Mississippi districts overall: 33% local, 45% state, 23% federal

  • Local 28%
  • State 39%
  • Federal 33%

Of the $16,276 per pupil, $7,629 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Property tax

What homeowners in Beulah pay

Typical tax bill
$300
a year · Mississippi typical $1,215
Effective rate
0.53%
of home value · Mississippi 0.72%
Typical home value
$56,300
owner-occupied

The median yearly bill homeowners report, covering every local property tax on the home (town, schools, county). The effective rate is that bill divided by the median home value, so it's a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the survey estimate has a wide margin.

Local

Contact Beulah's government

Town hall & decisions in Beulah →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Beulah

Beulah is represented in Congress by Senators Roger F. Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith and Representative Bennie G. Thompson. Tate Reeves is governor.

All of Beulah's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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