New Hope Baptist Church · Photo: RuralSWAlabama · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Beatrice run?
Beatrice’s town government spent $940,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $3,469 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Beatrice didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Beatrice is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $3,469 per resident a year, or $9.50 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: parks & libraries, at 20%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Beatrice didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Beatrice yet
Every year of Beatrice’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $199 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.25% of the home’s value, vs 0.38% across Alabama.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Beatrice’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.
Tax bills are one input to Beatrice’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Beatrice →
Who’s in charge in Beatrice
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 136 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (271).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Monroe County School District
Beatrice’s K–12 school district, shared with Excel, Frisco City, Monroeville, Vredenburgh. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,762 per pupil, $7,515 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.
Alabama districts overall: 31% local, 53% state, 16% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Beatrice’s votes are counted by county
Alabama reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Beatrice alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Monroe County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican61.2%6,007 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat38.1%3,740 votesOthers: 0.7% (68 votes).
Most votes in Monroe County: Donald J Trump
Alabama: Trump 64.6%, Harris 34.1%
100% of Beatrice lies in Monroe County. Every 2024 race in Monroe County is on the county’s page.
Monroe County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Beatrice.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Alabama HouseState representatives
- 3Alabama SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alabama
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Beatrice’s government
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Questions about Beatrice’s government
How much does Beatrice spend per resident?
About $3,469 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Beatrice didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $1.4 million.
What is the property tax rate in Beatrice?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $199 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.25% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.38% across Alabama. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Beatrice’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Beatrice yet.
How did Beatrice vote in 2024?
Alabama counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Beatrice alone. Monroe County, where 100% of Beatrice lies, voted Trump 61.2%, Harris 38.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Beatrice?
2 full-time and 8 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $17,722 (about $212,664 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Beatrice in the state legislature?
State Senate District 23 (Rob Stewart) and State House District 68 (Thomas Jackson). The House district also covers 15 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Beatrice, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →