Town Hall · Chain Lakes

Chain Lakes, ND town hall & government

Chain Lakes spent $13,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $1,083 per resident.

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

Town budget · Census estimate

Where Chain Lakes's money goes

Spent
$13,000
fiscal year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$1,083
spending per person
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Roads & transportation
$12,00092%
Administration & buildings
$1,0008%

Where the money comes from

  • Interest, fines & other 97%
  • From the state 2%
  • Property taxes 1%

Chain Lakes didn't report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau's estimates.

Town workforce

Who works for Chain Lakes

Full-time staff
0
4 part-time too
Administration & buildings
0 full-time4 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate.

Schools · school year 2023–24

North Star School District

Chain Lakes's K–12 school district, shared with Atkins, Bisbee, Cando, Cando, Crocus and Egeland. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$14,077
North Dakota: $16,642
Students
286
in the whole district
Long-term debt
None
at year end

Where the district's money comes from North Dakota districts overall: 40% local, 46% state, 14% federal

  • Local 38%
  • State 54%
  • Federal 8%

Of the $14,077 per pupil, $8,549 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.

Also serving Chain Lakes: Leeds Public School District 6 ($19,504 per pupil) · Starkweather Public School District 44 ($30,745 per pupil).

Local

Contact Chain Lakes's government

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Beyond town hall

Who represents Chain Lakes

Chain Lakes is represented in Congress by Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Representative Julie Fedorchak. Kelly Armstrong is governor.

All of Chain Lakes'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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