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Windsor Heights, WV town hall & government

Windsor Heights spent $274,000 in the year to June 30, 2022, about $731 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Windsor Heights's government.

Town budget · Census estimate

Where Windsor Heights's money goes

Spent
$274,000
fiscal year to June 30, 2022
Per resident
$731
typical West Virginia cities: $1,458
Long-term debt
$576,000
$1,536 per resident
Sewer & trash
$125,00046%
Police
$65,00024%
Administration & buildings
$41,00015%
Interest on debt
$16,0006%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$6,0002%
Roads & transportation
$6,0002%
Parks & libraries
$4,0001%
Other
$11,0004%

Where the money comes from

  • Fees & charges 42%
  • Property taxes 20%
  • Other taxes & licenses 18%
  • Interest, fines & other 13%
  • Sales taxes 7%
  • From the state 1%

Windsor Heights didn't report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau's estimates.

Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Windsor Heights

Full-time staff
5
2 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$26,400
a year, before benefits
Sworn police officers
1
full-time, with power of arrest
Administration & buildings
2 full-time
Water & other utilities
2 full-time
Police
1 full-time
Courts, inspections & corrections
0 full-time1 part
Sewer & trash
0 full-time1 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Windsor Heights didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Brooke County School District

Windsor Heights's K–12 school district, shared with Beech Bottom, Bethany, Follansbee, Wellsburg and Weirton. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$19,298
West Virginia: $15,637
Students
2,338
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$7 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from West Virginia districts overall: 36% local, 46% state, 18% federal

  • Local 56%
  • State 31%
  • Federal 14%

Of the $19,298 per pupil, $10,596 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Property tax

What homeowners in Windsor Heights pay

Typical tax bill
$492
a year · West Virginia typical $865
Effective rate
0.84%
of home value · West Virginia 0.53%
Typical home value
$58,600
owner-occupied

The median yearly bill homeowners report, covering every local property tax on the home (town, schools, county). The effective rate is that bill divided by the median home value, so it's a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the survey estimate has a wide margin.

Local

Contact Windsor Heights's government

Town hall & decisions in Windsor Heights →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Windsor Heights

Windsor Heights is represented in Congress by Senators Shelley Moore Capito and James C. Justice and Representative Riley M. Moore. Patrick Morrisey is governor.

All of Windsor Heights's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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