How Mantua is run
Mantua spent $984,000 in the year to June 30, 2022, about $966 per resident.
What stands out about how Mantua is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $966 per resident a year, or $2.65 a day
The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 22% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Box Elder School District
Mantua’s K–12 school district, shared with Bear River City, Brigham City, Corinne, Deweyville, Elwood and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,156 per pupil, $7,481 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.
Utah districts overall: 42% local, 51% state, 8% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Mantua
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Mantua yet. Neighbors can add them.
One full-time town employee for every 204 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.
The typical homeowner pays $3,401 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.56% of the home’s value, vs 0.52% across Utah.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Mantua’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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Mantua.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Utah HouseState representatives
- 3Utah SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Utah
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Mantua’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 Mantua 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.