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Turtle Creek, PA town hall & government

Turtle Creek spent $5.1 million in the year to December 31, 2024, about $1,029 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Turtle Creek's government.

Town budget

Where Turtle Creek's money goes

Spent
$5.1 million
fiscal year to December 31, 2024
Per resident
$1,029
typical Pennsylvania cities: $1,637
Long-term debt
$15,000
$3 per resident
Sewer & trash
$2.3 million44%
Roads & transportation
$1.2 million23%
Police
$622,00012%
Administration & buildings
$461,0009%
Fire
$59,0001%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$52,0001%
Parks & libraries
$19,000<1%
Health & welfare
$3,000<1%
Interest on debt
$1,000<1%
Other
$480,0009%

Where the money comes from

  • Fees & charges 51%
  • Property taxes 23%
  • Income taxes 11%
  • From the state 8%
  • Other taxes & licenses 4%
  • Interest, fines & other 3%
  • From other local governments 1%
Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Turtle Creek

Full-time staff
12
32 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$76,100
a year, before benefits
Sworn police officers
6
full-time, with power of arrest
Police
6 full-time24 part
Administration & buildings
4 full-time5 part
Roads & transportation
2 full-time3 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Turtle Creek didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Woodland Hills School District

Turtle Creek's K–12 school district, shared with Braddock, Braddock Hills, Chalfant, Churchill, East Pittsburgh and Edgewood. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$24,076
Pennsylvania: $21,758
Students
3,191
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$120.2 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from Pennsylvania districts overall: 55% local, 37% state, 8% federal

  • Local 53%
  • State 36%
  • Federal 11%

Of the $24,076 per pupil, $13,603 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Property tax

What homeowners in Turtle Creek pay

Typical tax bill
$2,165
a year · Pennsylvania typical $3,311
Effective rate
2.55%
of home value · Pennsylvania 1.30%
Typical home value
$84,900
owner-occupied

The median yearly bill homeowners report, covering every local property tax on the home (town, schools, county). The effective rate is that bill divided by the median home value, so it's a rough guide, not the official tax rate.

Local

Contact Turtle Creek's government

Town hall & decisions in Turtle Creek →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Turtle Creek

Turtle Creek is represented in Congress by Senators John Fetterman and David McCormick and Representative Summer L. Lee. Josh Shapiro is governor.

All of Turtle Creek's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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