Photo: Znns · CC BY-SA 4.0In Mounds, 66% of adult citizens voted for president in 2024, more than across Illinois
Mounds’ city government spent $1 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $1,548 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Mounds didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Mounds is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,548 per resident a year, or $4.24 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 34%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Mounds 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 Mounds yet
Every year of Mounds’ 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 →full-time in March 2025, down from 6 in 2022.
The typical homeowner pays $364 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Mounds’ 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 Mounds’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Mounds →
Who’s in charge in Mounds
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 167 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (666).
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.
Meridian Community Unit School District 101
Mounds’ K–12 school district, shared with Mound City, Olmsted, Pulaski. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $25,491 per pupil, $13,833 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.
How Mounds voted in 2024
Official results for Mounds’ own voters, as certified after the November 5, 2024 general election, with the county and the state beside them.
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat53.7%260 votes
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.6%216 votesOthers: 1.7% (8 votes).
Most votes in Mounds: Kamala D Harris
Pulaski County: Trump 66.2%, Harris 32.2% · Illinois: Harris 54.4%, Trump 43.5%
of Mounds’ 734 adult citizens voted for president in 2024. Across Illinois: 62%.
Votes ÷ citizens of voting age (Census CVAP, 2020–24 ACS).
Most votes in the district: Mike Bost
Whole-district result
President, 2024: Mounds, its county and the state
| Harris | Trump | Others | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mounds | 53.7% | 44.6% | 1.7% | 484 |
| Pulaski County | 32.2% | 66.2% | 1.6% | 2,390 |
| Illinois | 54.4% | 43.5% | 2.2% | 5,633,310 |
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 Mounds.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 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 Mounds’ government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Mounds’ government
How much does Mounds spend per resident?
About $1,548 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Mounds didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $1.6 million.
Who runs Mounds’ government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Mounds yet.
How did Mounds vote in 2024?
For president, Kamala D Harris 53.7%, Donald J Trump 44.6% (484 votes, official results). Pulaski County: Trump 66.2%, Harris 32.2%. Illinois: Harris 54.4%, Trump 43.5%.
How many people work for Mounds?
4 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $21,177 (about $254,124 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Mounds in the state legislature?
State Senate District 59 (Paul Jacobs) and State House District 118 (Scott Doody). The House district also covers 41 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 Mounds, 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 →