How Wauseon is run
Wauseon spent $12.5 million in the year to December 31, 2023, about $1,657 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Wauseon is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $1,657 per resident a year, or $4.54 a day
The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 23% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Wauseon didn’t report all of its 2023 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
Who runs Wauseon
From public records, which can lag behind an election. Tell us if a name is out of date.
Wauseon Exempted Village School District
Wauseon’s K–12 school district, shared with Dover, Clinton, York. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,827 per pupil, $8,797 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 9% 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).
One full-time town employee for every 116 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 $2,360 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.55% 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 Wauseon’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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Wauseon.
- 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 Wauseon’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 Wauseon 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 Wauseon, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). 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.