How Manor is run
Manor spent $15.1 million in the year to September 30, 2022, about $960 per resident.
What stands out about how Manor is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $960 per resident a year, or $2.63 a day
The biggest line: police, at 31% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Who runs Manor
From public records, which can lag behind an election. Tell us if a name is out of date.
One full-time town employee for every 200 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.
Manor Independent School District
Manor’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,305 per pupil, $6,988 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.
Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.
Elgin Independent School District · $11,354 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
The typical homeowner pays $6,763 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.94% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Manor’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 Manor’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manor | $960 | $1,553 | $6,763 |
| Austin | $5,301 | $8,173 | $8,024 |
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 Manor.
- 1Your cityMayor & council
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseSplit between districts
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Manor’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 Manor 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.