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How Pine Bluffs is run

Pine Bluffs spent $6.6 million in the year to June 30, 2023, about $5,739 per resident.

Town website
City budget
$6.6 million
spent, year to June 30, 2023
Per resident
$5,739
Above typical Wyoming cities ($2,485)
Long-term debt
$480,000
$415 per resident
City staff
14
full-time · 7 part-time
Typical tax bill
$1,732
a year · WY $1,767

What stands out about how Pine Bluffs is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Your share of the budget

About $5,739 per resident a year, or $15.72 a day

The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 35% of spending.

Where the money comes from
From other local governments 42%Utility sales 25%From the state 13%Fees & charges 7%From the federal government 6%Interest, fines & other 4%Property taxes 1%Sales taxes <1%Other taxes & licenses <1%
The school district

Laramie County School District 2

Pine Bluffs’s K–12 school district, shared with Albin, Burns. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Pine Bluffs →
$21,104
per pupil · WY $20,645
1,054
students
None
long-term debt

Of the $21,104 per pupil, $11,624 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.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 55%State 34%Federal 11%

Wyoming districts overall: 39% local, 45% state, 16% federal.

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Over the years

Per resident, spending is down 32% since 2022

Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.

Spending per resident by year

2022$8,476
2023$5,739
$6.6 million
spent in 2023
$9.9 million
spent in 2022

* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Pine Bluffs

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Pine Bluffs yet. Neighbors can add them.

Who works for Pine Bluffs

One full-time town employee for every 83 residents

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Police3 + 4 pt
Administration & buildings4
Parks & libraries2
Sewer & trash2
Water & other utilities2
Fire0 + 3 pt
Roads & transportation1
14
full-time
7
part-time
$52,600
average full-time pay, before benefits
3
sworn police officers

Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $1,732 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.51% of the home’s value, vs 0.57% across Wyoming.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Wyoming$1,767
Pine Bluffs$1,732
$1,732
typical bill a year
0.51%
effective rate
$338,000
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Pine Bluffs’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.

Who represents Pine Bluffs

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Pine Bluffs.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Wyoming HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Wyoming SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Wyoming

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach Pine Bluffs’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.

The Handbook →
Official websitepinebluffswy.gov ↗

Questions about how Pine Bluffs is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

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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.

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