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How Hugo is run

Hugo spent $19.7 million in the year to June 30, 2022, about $3,892 per resident.

Photo: Michael Barera
City budget
$19.7 million
spent, year to June 30, 2022
Per resident
$3,892
Above typical Oklahoma cities ($1,647)
Long-term debt
$22.7 million
$4,475 per resident
City staff
76
full-time · 7 part-time
Typical tax bill
$406
a year · OK $1,599

What stands out about how Hugo is run

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

★ What stands out · Who runs it

Who runs Hugo

From public records, which can lag behind an election. Tell us if a name is out of date.

Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $406 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.42% of the home’s value, vs 0.80% across Oklahoma.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Oklahoma$1,599
Sawyer$622
Hugo$406
$406
typical bill a year
0.42%
effective rate
$96,300
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Hugo’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 $3,892 per resident a year, or $10.66 a day

The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 38% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Sales taxes 41%From the state 25%Fees & charges 15%Utility sales 12%Interest, fines & other 4%Other taxes & licenses 1%From the federal government <1%
Who works for Hugo

One full-time town employee for every 67 residents

On the payroll in March 2022 (a Census Bureau estimate).

By department full-time, plus part-time

Police25 + 2 pt
Fire15
Parks & libraries9 + 1 pt
Water & other utilities8
Roads & transportation7
Administration & buildings5
Housing & development1 + 4 pt
Sewer & trash3
Other3
76
full-time
7
part-time
$51,300
average full-time pay, before benefits
18
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.

Over the years

Spending has held about steady since 2022

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

Spending per resident by year

2022$3,892
2024 *$3,962
$20.7 million
spent in 2024
$19.7 million
spent in 2022

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

The school district

Hugo Public Schools

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

Schools in Hugo →
$11,428
per pupil · OK $12,210
1,166
students
$3.3 million
long-term debt

Of the $11,428 per pupil, $6,594 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 19%State 58%Federal 24%

Oklahoma districts overall: 42% local, 45% state, 14% federal.

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

Next door

How Hugo’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.

Spends the leastSpends the mostNo figures
TownSpent per residentDebt per residentTax bill
Sawyer$70—$622
Hugo$3,892$4,475$406

The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.

Who represents Hugo

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Hugo.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
  2. 2
    Oklahoma HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Oklahoma SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Oklahoma

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

Reach Hugo’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 →

Questions about how Hugo is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Does Hugo get good value for its tax dollars?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Ask neighbors

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.

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