Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHow is McLeansboro run?
McLeansboro’s city government spent $2.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to April 30, 2022, about $815 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: McLeansboro didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how McLeansboro is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $815 per resident a year, or $2.23 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 41%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
McLeansboro 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 McLeansboro yet
Every year of McLeansboro’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 $1,049 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.32% of the home’s value, vs 2.01% across Illinois.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at McLeansboro’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 McLeansboro’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in McLeansboro →
Who’s in charge in McLeansboro
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
McLeansboro’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on mcleansboro.com ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 119 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 (2,730).
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.
Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10
McLeansboro’s K–12 school district, shared with Belle Prairie City, Dahlgren, Knight Prairie Township, Macedonia, McLeansboro Township and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,781 per pupil, $8,212 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.
Illinois districts overall: 52% local, 38% state, 10% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
McLeansboro’s votes are counted by county
Illinois reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for McLeansboro alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Hamilton County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican80.7%3,385 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat17.6%739 votesOthers: 1.7% (70 votes).
Most votes in Hamilton County: Donald J Trump
Illinois: Harris 54.4%, Trump 43.5%
100% of McLeansboro lies in Hamilton County. Every 2024 race in Hamilton County is on the county’s page.
Hamilton 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 McLeansboro.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: mcleansboro.com ↗
- 2Illinois HouseState representatives
- 3Illinois SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Illinois
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach McLeansboro’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about McLeansboro’s government
How much does McLeansboro spend per resident?
About $815 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to April 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (McLeansboro didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $8.5 million.
What is the property tax rate in McLeansboro?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,049 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.32% of the typical home’s value, vs 2.01% across Illinois. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see mcleansboro.com.
Who runs McLeansboro’s government?
See mcleansboro.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for McLeansboro yet.
How did McLeansboro vote in 2024?
Illinois counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for McLeansboro alone. Hamilton County, where 100% of McLeansboro lies, voted Trump 80.7%, Harris 17.6% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for McLeansboro?
23 full-time and 4 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $116,856 (about $1.4M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents McLeansboro in the state legislature?
State Senate District 58 (Terri Bryant) and State House District 116 (Dave Severin). The House district also covers 105 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about McLeansboro’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 McLeansboro, 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 →