Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site · Photo: Rivers A. Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Tuskegee run?
Tuskegee’s city government spent $6.7 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $753 per resident. The airport ($636,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Tuskegee is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $753 per resident a year, or $2.06 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 29%.
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$994 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Tuskegee’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($994 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 47 Alabama cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $992, and the middle half spent $608–$1,480. Tuskegee spent more than 51% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($1.1 million), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Alabama cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Tuskegee itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is down 16% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Tuskegee reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $994 · 2024: $753. Per resident it went from $994 to $753 (down 24%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 8,026 to 8,859.
full-time in March 2025, the same as 90 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $515 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.49% 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 Tuskegee’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 Tuskegee’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Tuskegee →
Who’s in charge in Tuskegee
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 98 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (8,859).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Macon County School District
Tuskegee’s K–12 school district, shared with Franklin, Shorter, Notasulga. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $18,368 per pupil, $8,370 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.
Tuskegee’s votes are counted by county
Alabama reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Tuskegee alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Macon County’s results.
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat77.7%6,084 votes
Donald J TrumpRepublican21.5%1,682 votesOthers: 0.9% (68 votes).
Most votes in Macon County: Kamala D Harris
Alabama: Trump 64.6%, Harris 34.1%
100% of Tuskegee lies in Macon County. Every 2024 race in Macon County is on the county’s page.
Macon 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 Tuskegee.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal 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 Tuskegee’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Tuskegee’s government
How much does Tuskegee spend per resident?
About $753 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $994 was more than 51% of 47 Alabama cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Tuskegee?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $515 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.49% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.38% across Alabama. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Tuskegee’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Tuskegee yet.
How did Tuskegee vote in 2024?
Alabama counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Tuskegee alone. Macon County, where 100% of Tuskegee lies, voted Harris 77.7%, Trump 21.5% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Tuskegee?
90 full-time and 12 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $443,507 (about $5.3M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Tuskegee in the state legislature?
State Senate District 28 (Billy Beasley) and State House District 82 (Pebblin Warren). The House district also covers five 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; 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 →