How Cambridge is run
Cambridge spent $16.6 million in the year to December 31, 2022, about $1,612 per resident.
What stands out about how Cambridge is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
Who runs Cambridge
From public records, which can lag behind an election. Tell us if a name is out of date.
About $1,612 per resident a year, or $4.42 a day
The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 23% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
The typical homeowner pays $1,619 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.33% 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 Cambridge’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.
Cambridge City School District
Cambridge’s K–12 school district, shared with Liberty, Cambridge, Knox, Monroe. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,987 per pupil, $9,091 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.
Rolling Hills Local School District · $14,850 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
One full-time town employee for every 71 residents
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
How Cambridge’s budget compares
Town budgets across the town line. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | $95 | $16 | $1,204 |
| Cambridge | $1,612 | $270 | $1,619 |
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Cambridge.
- 1Your cityMayor & council
- 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 Cambridge’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 Cambridge 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. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Officials: Open States and Wikidata. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.