Photo: Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Fort Valley run?
Fort Valley’s city government spent $3.5 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $399 per resident. Water and other utilities ($17.7 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Fort Valley is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $399 per resident a year, or $1.09 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 85%.
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No comparison for Fort Valley yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Fort Valley’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 36% since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Fort Valley 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: $618 · 2024: $399.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $1,380 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.09% of the home’s value, vs 0.77% across Georgia.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Fort Valley’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 Fort Valley’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Fort Valley →
Who’s in charge in Fort Valley
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Fort Valley’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on fortvalleyga.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 72 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 (8,838).
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.
Peach County School District
Fort Valley’s K–12 school district, shared with Byron. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,149 per pupil, $7,812 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.
Georgia districts overall: 49% local, 39% state, 12% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Fort Valley’s votes are counted by county
Georgia reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Fort Valley alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Peach County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican52.8%7,104 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat46.8%6,293 votesOthers: 0.4% (57 votes).
Most votes in Peach County: Donald J Trump
Georgia: Trump 50.7%, Harris 48.5%
100% of Fort Valley lies in Peach County. Every 2024 race in Peach County is on the county’s page.
Peach 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 Fort Valley.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: fortvalleyga.org ↗
- 2Georgia HouseFort Valley is split between 2 districts
- 3Georgia SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Georgia
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Fort Valley’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Fort Valley’s government
How much does Fort Valley spend per resident?
About $399 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Fort Valley?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,380 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.09% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.77% across Georgia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see fortvalleyga.org.
Who runs Fort Valley’s government?
See fortvalleyga.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Fort Valley yet.
How did Fort Valley vote in 2024?
Georgia counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Fort Valley alone. Peach County, where 100% of Fort Valley lies, voted Trump 52.8%, Harris 46.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Fort Valley?
123 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $509,520 (about $6.1M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Fort Valley in the state legislature?
Fort Valley is split among 2 State House districts, so your address decides. The Georgia Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Its State Senate district is District 18 (Steven McNeel). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Fort Valley’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; 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 →