How Vermillion is run
Vermillion spent $25.1 million in the year to December 31, 2024, about $2,105 per resident.
What stands out about how Vermillion is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
Who runs Vermillion
From public records, which can lag behind an election. Tell us if a name is out of date.
About $2,105 per resident a year, or $5.77 a day
The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 29% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Vermillion School District 13-1
Vermillion’s K–12 school district, shared with Fairview, Vermillion, Prairie Center, Norway, Spirit Mound and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,960 per pupil, $6,414 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 Dakota districts overall: 50% local, 31% state, 19% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Per resident, spending is up 6% since 2022
Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Spending per resident by year
full-time in 2025, up from 104 in 2022.
* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).
One full-time town employee for every 107 residents
On the payroll in March 2025.
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 $3,214 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.47% of the home’s value, vs 1.06% across South Dakota.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Vermillion’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.
How Vermillion’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | $171 | — | $1,464 |
| Vermillion | $2,105 | $1,453 | $3,214 |
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 Vermillion.
- 1Your cityMayor & council
- 2South Dakota HouseState representatives
- 3South Dakota SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of South Dakota
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Vermillion’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 Vermillion 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. Officials: Open States and Wikidata. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.