Photo: PhotolitherlandChris Litherland · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Eureka Springs run?
Eureka Springs’ city government spent $9.3 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $4,256 per resident. Water and other utilities ($2 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Eureka Springs is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $4,256 per resident a year, or $11.66 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 19%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
No comparison or trend for Eureka Springs yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample), and Eureka Springs’ 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars). It reported 2024 only (2022 and 2023 are estimates), so there is no trend yet either. The next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, the same as 81 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $1,378 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.56% 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 Eureka Springs’ 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 Eureka Springs’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Eureka Springs →
Who’s in charge in Eureka Springs
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Eureka Springs’ meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on eurekasprings.com ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 27 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 (2,189).
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.
Eureka Springs School District
Eureka Springs’ K–12 school district, shared with Beaver, Holiday Island. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,259 per pupil, $9,140 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.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Eureka Springs’ votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Eureka Springs alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Carroll County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican64.7%7,470 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat33.0%3,812 votesOthers: 2.2% (256 votes).
Most votes in Carroll County: Donald J Trump
Arkansas: Trump 64.2%, Harris 33.6%
100% of Eureka Springs lies in Carroll County. Every 2024 race in Carroll County is on the county’s page.
Carroll 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 Eureka Springs.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: eurekasprings.com ↗
- 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.
Reach Eureka Springs’ government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Eureka Springs’ government
How much does Eureka Springs spend per resident?
About $4,256 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Eureka Springs?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,378 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.56% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see eurekasprings.com.
Who runs Eureka Springs’ government?
See eurekasprings.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Eureka Springs yet.
How did Eureka Springs vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Eureka Springs alone. Carroll County, where 100% of Eureka Springs lies, voted Trump 64.7%, Harris 33.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Eureka Springs?
81 full-time and 24 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $424,194 (about $5.1M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Eureka Springs in the state legislature?
State Senate District 28 (Bryan King) and State House District 6 (Harlan Breaux). The House district also covers 10 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Eureka Springs’ government
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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 →