Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Manila run?
Manila’s city government spent $2.6 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2023, about $703 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Manila didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Manila is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $703 per resident a year, or $1.93 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 24%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Manila didn’t report all of its 2023 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Manila yet
Every year of Manila’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2023. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, the same as 47 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $575 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.33% 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 Manila’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 Manila’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Manila →
Who’s in charge in Manila
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 78 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 2023 finance file (3,662).
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.
Manila School District
Manila’s K–12 school district, shared with Etowah. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,605 per pupil, $6,753 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.
Manila’s votes are counted by county
Arkansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Manila alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Mississippi County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican65.0%6,963 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat33.3%3,574 votesOthers: 1.7% (180 votes).
Most votes in Mississippi County: Donald J Trump
Arkansas: Trump 64.2%, Harris 33.6%
100% of Manila lies in Mississippi County. Every 2024 race in Mississippi County is on the county’s page.
Mississippi 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 Manila.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal 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.
Reach Manila’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Manila’s government
How much does Manila spend per resident?
About $703 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2023, a Census Bureau estimate (Manila didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $3.4 million.
What is the property tax rate in Manila?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $575 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.33% 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 Manila’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Manila yet.
How did Manila vote in 2024?
Arkansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Manila alone. Mississippi County, where 100% of Manila lies, voted Trump 65.0%, Harris 33.3% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Manila?
47 full-time and 9 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $160,030 (about $1.9M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Manila in the state legislature?
State Senate District 19 (Dave Wallace) and State House District 33 (Jon Milligan). The House district also covers 13 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Manila’s 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 (for Manila, 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 →