How is Level Plains run?
Level Plains’ town government spent $444,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $227 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Level Plains didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Level Plains is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $227 per resident a year, or $0.62 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 51%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Level Plains 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 Level Plains yet
Every year of Level Plains’ 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 $406 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.30% 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 Level Plains’ 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 Level Plains’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Level Plains →
Who’s in charge in Level Plains
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 139 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (1,952).
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.
Daleville City School District
Level Plains’ K–12 school district, shared with Clayhatchee, Daleville. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,840 per pupil, $6,288 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.
Level Plains’ votes are counted by county
Alabama reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Level Plains alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Dale County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.6%14,476 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat23.4%4,484 votesOthers: 0.9% (179 votes).
Most votes in Dale County: Donald J Trump
Alabama: Trump 64.6%, Harris 34.1%
100% of Level Plains lies in Dale County. Every 2024 race in Dale County is on the county’s page.
Dale 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 Level Plains.
- 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 Level Plains’ government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Level Plains’ government
How much does Level Plains spend per resident?
About $227 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Level Plains didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $1.2 million.
What is the property tax rate in Level Plains?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $406 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.30% 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 Level Plains’ government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Level Plains yet.
How did Level Plains vote in 2024?
Alabama counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Level Plains alone. Dale County, where 100% of Level Plains lies, voted Trump 75.6%, Harris 23.4% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Level Plains?
14 full-time and 12 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $52,267 (about $627,204 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Level Plains in the state legislature?
State Senate District 29 (Donnie Chesteen) and State House District 89 (Marcus Paramore). The House district also covers eight 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 Level Plains, 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 →