How Oak Valley is run
Oak Valley spent $3.9 million in the year to December 31, 2022, about $9,234 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Oak Valley is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
The typical homeowner pays $1,646 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.44% 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 Oak Valley’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.
Corsicana Independent School District
Oak Valley’s K–12 school district, shared with Retreat, Angus, Richland, Corsicana. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,080 per pupil, $6,646 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.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Oak Valley
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Oak Valley yet. Neighbors can add them.
About $9,234 per resident a year, or $25.30 a day
The biggest line: courts, inspections & corrections, at 51% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Oak Valley didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
How Oak Valley’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.
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 Oak Valley.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Oak Valley’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 Oak Valley 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 Oak Valley, 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.