Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Lake Village run?
Lake Village’s village government spent $4.6 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $2,153 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Lake Village didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Lake Village is run
Read from the village’s budget and official records.
About $2,153 per resident a year, or $5.90 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 23%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Lake Village 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 Lake Village yet
Every year of Lake Village’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the village 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 $768 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.58% 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 Lake Village’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 Lake Village’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Lake Village →
Who’s in charge in Lake Village
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Lake Village’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The village posts agendas and minutes on lakevillagearkansas.net ↗.
One full-time village employee for every 65 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 (2,151).
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.
Lakeside School District
Lake Village’s K–12 school district, shared with Eudora, Montrose. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,543 per pupil, $9,871 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.
Lake Village’s votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by village, so there are no official results for Lake Village alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Chicot County’s results.
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat51.5%1,796 votes
Donald J TrumpRepublican47.5%1,658 votesOthers: 1.0% (36 votes).
Most votes in Chicot County: Kamala D Harris
Arkansas: Trump 64.2%, Harris 33.6%
100% of Lake Village lies in Chicot County. Every 2024 race in Chicot County is on the county’s page.
Chicot 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 Lake Village.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: lakevillagearkansas.net ↗
- 2Arkansas HouseState representatives
- 3Arkansas SenateState senatorDistrict 1
- 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 Lake Village’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Lake Village’s government
How much does Lake Village spend per resident?
About $2,153 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Lake Village didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $5.6 million.
What is the property tax rate in Lake Village?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $768 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.58% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Arkansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see lakevillagearkansas.net.
Who runs Lake Village’s government?
See lakevillagearkansas.net for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Lake Village yet.
How did Lake Village vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by village, so there are no official results for Lake Village alone. Chicot County, where 100% of Lake Village lies, voted Harris 51.5%, Trump 47.5% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Lake Village?
33 full-time and 48 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $98,614 (about $1.2M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Lake Village in the state legislature?
State Senate District 1 and State House District 95 (Howard Beaty). The House district also covers nine other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Lake Village’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 Lake Village, 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 →