How Pelzer is run
Pelzer spent $895,000 in the year to June 30, 2022, about $633 per resident.
What stands out about how Pelzer is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $633 per resident a year, or $1.73 a day
The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 40% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
The typical homeowner pays $354 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.20% of the home’s value, vs 0.48% across South Carolina.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Pelzer’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.
Anderson School District 1
Pelzer’s K–12 school district, shared with West Pelzer, Williamston. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,922 per pupil, $7,144 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.
South Carolina districts overall: 45% local, 43% state, 13% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Pelzer
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Pelzer yet. Neighbors can add them.
One full-time town employee for every 353 residents
On the payroll in March 2022.
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.
How Pelzer’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.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Pelzer | $403 | $150 | $977 |
| Pelzer | $633 | — | $354 |
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 Pelzer.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2South Carolina HouseState representatives
- 3South Carolina SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of South Carolina
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Pelzer’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 Pelzer 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. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.