Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Hartselle run?
Hartselle’s city government spent $18.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $1,165 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Hartselle didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Hartselle is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,165 per resident a year, or $3.19 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 28%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Hartselle didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Hartselle yet
Every year of Hartselle’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. 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 $623 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.31% 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 Hartselle’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.
Tax bills are one input to Hartselle’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Hartselle →
Who’s in charge in Hartselle
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Hartselle’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on hartselle.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 152 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (15,649).
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.
Hartselle City School District
Hartselle’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,237 per pupil, $7,349 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.
Morgan County School District · $12,419 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Hartselle’s votes are counted by county
Alabama reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Hartselle alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Morgan County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.5%40,449 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat23.1%12,392 votesOthers: 1.3% (702 votes).
Most votes in Morgan County: Donald J Trump
Alabama: Trump 64.6%, Harris 34.1%
100% of Hartselle lies in Morgan County. Every 2024 race in Morgan County is on the county’s page.
Morgan 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 Hartselle.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: hartselle.org ↗
- 2Alabama HouseHartselle is split between 2 districts
- 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.
How Hartselle compares with the towns next door
Hartselle’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 1 of the 2 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $1,395 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Hartselle’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Hartselle’s government
How much does Hartselle spend per resident?
About $1,165 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Hartselle didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $44.2 million.
What is the property tax rate in Hartselle?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $623 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.31% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.38% across Alabama. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see hartselle.org.
Who runs Hartselle’s government?
See hartselle.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Hartselle yet.
How did Hartselle vote in 2024?
Alabama counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Hartselle alone. Morgan County, where 100% of Hartselle lies, voted Trump 75.5%, Harris 23.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Hartselle?
103 full-time and 33 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $515,776 (about $6.2M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Hartselle in the state legislature?
Hartselle is split among 2 State House districts, so your address decides. The Alabama Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Its State Senate district is District 3 (Arthur Orr). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Hartselle’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
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 Hartselle, 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 →