How Kendrick is run
Kendrick spent $573,000 in the year to June 30, 2022, about $3,795 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Kendrick is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $3,795 per resident a year, or $10.40 a day
The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 43% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Kendrick didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
Stroud Public Schools
Kendrick’s K–12 school district, shared with Stroud. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $18,132 per pupil, $9,671 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.
Oklahoma districts overall: 42% local, 45% state, 14% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Kendrick
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Kendrick yet. Neighbors can add them.
0 full-time staff
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 $2,700 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Kendrick’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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Kendrick.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Oklahoma HouseState representatives
- 3Oklahoma SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Oklahoma
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Kendrick’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 Kendrick 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 Kendrick, 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.