How Sycamore is run
Sycamore spent $6,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $41 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Sycamore is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $41 per resident a year, or $0.11 a day
The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 100% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Sycamore didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
Allendale County School District
Sycamore’s K–12 school district, shared with Allendale, Fairfax, Ulmer. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $22,420 per pupil, $9,391 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 Sycamore
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Sycamore 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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Sycamore.
- 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 Sycamore’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 Sycamore 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 Sycamore, 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.