How Kimball is run
Kimball spent $307,000 in the year to June 30, 2022, about $2,088 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Kimball is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
The typical homeowner pays $243 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.80% of the home’s value, vs 0.53% across West Virginia.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Kimball’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.
About $2,088 per resident a year, or $5.72 a day
The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 25% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Kimball didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
McDowell County School District
Kimball’s K–12 school district, shared with Anawalt, Bradshaw, Davy, Gary, Iaeger and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,215 per pupil, $7,671 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.
West Virginia districts overall: 36% local, 46% state, 18% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Kimball
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Kimball yet. Neighbors can add them.
One full-time town employee for every 21 residents
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 Kimball.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2West Virginia HouseState representatives
- 3West Virginia SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of West Virginia
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Kimball’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 Kimball 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 Kimball, 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.