Green Forest Water Tower · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Green Forest run?
Green Forest’s city government spent $2 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $624 per resident. Water and other utilities ($2.1 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Green Forest is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $624 per resident a year, or $1.71 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 66%.
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No comparison for Green Forest yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Green Forest’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars), so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is down 60% since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Green Forest reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2023: $1,617 · 2024: $624.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $683 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.48% 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 Green Forest’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 Green Forest’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Green Forest →
Who’s in charge in Green Forest
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 85 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (3,147).
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.
Green Forest School District
Green Forest’s K–12 school district, shared with Blue Eye, Oak Grove, Alpena. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,134 per pupil, $7,406 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.
Green Forest’s votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Green Forest 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 Green Forest 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 Green Forest.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Arkansas HouseGreen Forest is split between 2 districts
- 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 Green Forest’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Green Forest’s government
How much does Green Forest spend per resident?
About $624 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 Green Forest?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $683 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.48% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Green Forest’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Green Forest yet.
How did Green Forest vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Green Forest alone. Carroll County, where 100% of Green Forest lies, voted Trump 64.7%, Harris 33.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Green Forest?
37 full-time and 11 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $89,870 (about $1.1M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Green Forest in the state legislature?
Green Forest is split among 2 State House districts, so your address decides. The Arkansas Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Its State Senate district is District 28 (Bryan King). 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 →