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How York is run

York spent $46.1 million in the year to September 30, 2024, about $5,639 per resident.

Town website
City budget
$46.1 million
spent, year to September 30, 2024
Per resident
$5,639
Above typical Nebraska cities ($4,803)
Long-term debt
$27.8 million
$3,403 per resident
City staff
87
full-time · 74 part-time
Typical tax bill
$2,558
a year · NE $3,549

What stands out about how York is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $2,558 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.41% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Nebraska.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Nebraska$3,549
York$2,558
$2,558
typical bill a year
1.41%
effective rate
$180,900
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

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

Your share of the budget

About $5,639 per resident a year, or $15.45 a day

The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 28% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Sales taxes 34%Fees & charges 24%Utility sales 15%Property taxes 13%From the state 8%From the federal government 4%Interest, fines & other 3%From other local governments 1%
Over the years

Per resident, spending is up 32% since 2022

Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.

Spending per resident by year

2022$4,260
2023$4,019
2024$5,639
City staff
87

full-time in 2025, up from 72 in 2022.

$46.1 million
spent in 2024
$32.7 million
spent in 2023

* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).

Who works for York

One full-time town employee for every 94 residents

On the payroll in March 2025.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Parks & libraries16 + 64 pt
Police21
Fire16
Administration & buildings8 + 9 pt
Roads & transportation10 + 1 pt
Sewer & trash8
Water & other utilities2
Courts, inspections & corrections1
Other5
87
full-time
74
part-time
$78,400
average full-time pay, before benefits
16
sworn police officers
15
full-time firefighters

Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in York

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

The school district

York Public Schools

York’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in York →
$13,247
per pupil · NE $15,602
1,581
students
$9.4 million
long-term debt

Of the $13,247 per pupil, $8,700 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 64%State 30%Federal 7%

Nebraska districts overall: 56% local, 34% state, 10% federal.

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

Who represents York

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for York.

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

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

Reach York’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 →
Official websitecityofyork.net ↗

Questions about how York is run?

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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. 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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