How is Homedale run?
Homedale’s city government spent $1.6 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $581 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Homedale didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Homedale is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $581 per resident a year, or $1.59 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 29%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Homedale 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 Homedale yet
Every year of Homedale’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city 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 $1,275 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.54% of the home’s value, vs 0.49% across Idaho.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Homedale’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 Homedale’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Homedale →
Who’s in charge in Homedale
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 218 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 (2,830).
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.
Homedale Joint School District 370
Homedale’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $10,659 per pupil, $7,104 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.
Idaho districts overall: 21% local, 67% state, 12% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Homedale’s votes are counted by county
Idaho reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Homedale alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Owyhee County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.8%4,101 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat15.3%756 votesOthers: 1.9% (93 votes).
Most votes in Owyhee County: Donald J Trump
Idaho: Trump 66.9%, Harris 30.4%
100% of Homedale lies in Owyhee County. Every 2024 race in Owyhee County is on the county’s page.
Owyhee 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 Homedale.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Idaho HouseState representatives
- 3Idaho SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Idaho
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Homedale’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Homedale’s government
How much does Homedale spend per resident?
About $581 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Homedale didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $3.5 million.
What is the property tax rate in Homedale?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,275 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.54% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.49% across Idaho. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Homedale’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Homedale yet.
How did Homedale vote in 2024?
Idaho counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Homedale alone. Owyhee County, where 100% of Homedale lies, voted Trump 82.8%, Harris 15.3% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Homedale?
13 full-time and 5 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $54,111 (about $649,332 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Homedale in the state legislature?
State Senate District 23 (Todd Lakey) and State House District 23 (Chris Bruce and Shawn Dygert). The House district also covers four other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Homedale’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 Homedale, 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 →