Old Benton-Sardis Road Bridge · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Bauxite run?
Bauxite’s town government spent $394,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $710 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Bauxite didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Bauxite is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $710 per resident a year, or $1.95 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 43%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Bauxite 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 Bauxite yet
Every year of Bauxite’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 $1,155 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.61% of the home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Bauxite’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 Bauxite’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Bauxite →
Who’s in charge in Bauxite
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 278 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 (555).
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.
Bauxite School District
Bauxite’s K–12 school district, shared with Tull. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $10,165 per pupil, $6,084 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.
Arkansas districts overall: 16% local, 70% state, 14% federal.
Bryant Public Schools · $11,826 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Bauxite’s votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Bauxite alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Saline County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican69.0%39,736 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat28.8%16,609 votesOthers: 2.2% (1,264 votes).
Most votes in Saline County: Donald J Trump
Arkansas: Trump 64.2%, Harris 33.6%
100% of Bauxite lies in Saline County. Every 2024 race in Saline County is on the county’s page.
Saline 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 Bauxite.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Arkansas HouseState representatives
- 3Arkansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Arkansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Bauxite compares with the towns next door
Bauxite’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 2 of the 2 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $865 to $965 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 Bauxite’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Bauxite’s government
How much does Bauxite spend per resident?
About $710 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Bauxite didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $452,000.
What is the property tax rate in Bauxite?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,155 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.61% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Bauxite’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Bauxite yet.
How did Bauxite vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Bauxite alone. Saline County, where 100% of Bauxite lies, voted Trump 69.0%, Harris 28.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Bauxite?
2 full-time and 12 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $20,934 (about $251,208 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Bauxite in the state legislature?
Bauxite is split among 2 State Senate districts, so your address decides. The Arkansas Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Bauxite’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 Bauxite, 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 →