Photo: Rivers Langley, http://www.phoenixrivers.blogspot.com · Public domainHow is Roanoke run?
Roanoke’s city government spent $6.3 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $1,056 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Roanoke didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Roanoke is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
The typical homeowner pays $515 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.33% 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 Roanoke’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 Roanoke’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Roanoke →
About $1,056 per resident a year, or $2.89 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 35%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Roanoke 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 Roanoke yet
Every year of Roanoke’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city 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 →Who’s in charge in Roanoke
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Roanoke’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on roanokealabama.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 112 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 (5,940).
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.
Roanoke City School District
Roanoke’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,521 per pupil, $7,964 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.
Roanoke’s votes are counted by county
Alabama reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Roanoke alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Randolph County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.1%9,102 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat17.3%1,920 votesOthers: 0.6% (69 votes).
Most votes in Randolph County: Donald J Trump
Alabama: Trump 64.6%, Harris 34.1%
100% of Roanoke lies in Randolph County. Every 2024 race in Randolph County is on the county’s page.
Randolph 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 Roanoke.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: roanokealabama.org ↗
- 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 Roanoke’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Roanoke’s government
How much does Roanoke spend per resident?
About $1,056 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Roanoke didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $6.6 million.
What is the property tax rate in Roanoke?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $515 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.33% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.38% across Alabama. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see roanokealabama.org.
Who runs Roanoke’s government?
See roanokealabama.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Roanoke yet.
How did Roanoke vote in 2024?
Alabama counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Roanoke alone. Randolph County, where 100% of Roanoke lies, voted Trump 82.1%, Harris 17.3% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Roanoke?
53 full-time and 9 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $187,943 (about $2.3M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Roanoke in the state legislature?
State Senate District 13 (Randy Price) and State House District 37 (Bob Fincher). The House district also covers eight other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Roanoke’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 Roanoke, 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 →