How Hardy is run
Hardy spent $1.7 million in the year to December 31, 2024, about $284 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Hardy is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $284 per resident a year, or $0.78 a day
The biggest line: police, at 45% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Hardy collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
Hardy didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
West Holmes Local School District
Hardy’s K–12 school district, shared with Glenmont, Killbuck, Killbuck, Millersburg, Monroe and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,213 per pupil, $10,211 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.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Per resident, spending is up 11% since 2022
Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Spending per resident by year
* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).
Who’s in charge in Hardy
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Hardy yet. Neighbors can add them.
One full-time town employee for every 2,984 residents
On the payroll in March 2022 (a Census Bureau estimate).
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.
The typical homeowner pays $2,549 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.02% 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 Hardy’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.
How Hardy’s budget compares
Hardy ranks 5th lowest of 5 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
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 Hardy.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal 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 Hardy’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 Hardy 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 Hardy, 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.