How Bairdstown is run
Bairdstown spent $132,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $971 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Bairdstown is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $971 per resident a year, or $2.66 a day
The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 26% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Bairdstown 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 $700 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.00% of the home’s value, vs 1.31% across Ohio.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Bairdstown’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.
Elmwood Local School District
Bairdstown’s K–12 school district, shared with Bloomdale, Cygnet, Jerry City, Wayne, West Millgrove and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,890 per pupil, $9,972 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.
Ohio districts overall: 53% local, 35% state, 12% federal.
North Baltimore Local School District · $19,617 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Bairdstown
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Bairdstown yet. Neighbors can add them.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Bairdstown.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Ohio HouseState representatives
- 3Ohio SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Ohio
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Bairdstown’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 Bairdstown 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 Bairdstown, 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.