Bank of Surrency · Photo: Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Surrency run?
Surrency’s town government spent $146,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $726 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Surrency didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Surrency is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
Appling County School District
Surrency’s K–12 school district, shared with Baxley, Graham. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,777 per pupil, $9,686 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.
About $726 per resident a year, or $1.99 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 55%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Surrency 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 Surrency yet
Every year of Surrency’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town 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 $489 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.68% 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 Surrency’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 Surrency’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Surrency →
Who’s in charge in Surrency
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 201 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (201).
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.
Surrency’s votes are counted by county
Georgia reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Surrency alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Appling County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican81.1%6,761 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat18.7%1,560 votesOthers: 0.2% (13 votes).
Most votes in Appling County: Donald J Trump
Georgia: Trump 50.7%, Harris 48.5%
100% of Surrency lies in Appling County. Every 2024 race in Appling County is on the county’s page.
Appling 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 Surrency.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Georgia HouseState representatives
- 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 Surrency’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Surrency’s government
How much does Surrency spend per resident?
About $726 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Surrency didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $146,000.
What is the property tax rate in Surrency?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $489 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.68% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.77% across Georgia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Surrency’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Surrency yet.
How did Surrency vote in 2024?
Georgia counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Surrency alone. Appling County, where 100% of Surrency lies, voted Trump 81.1%, Harris 18.7% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Surrency?
1 full-time and 5 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $2,817 (about $33,804 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Surrency in the state legislature?
State Senate District 19 (Blake Tillery) and State House District 157 (Bill Werkheiser). The House district also covers 11 other towns. 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 (for Surrency, 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 →