How is Mount Summit run?
Mount Summit’s town government spent $72,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $212 per resident. Water and other utilities ($138,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Mount Summit is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $212 per resident a year, or $0.58 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 33%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
$745 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Mount Summit’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($745 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 363 Indiana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $586, and the middle half spent $292–$967. Mount Summit spent more than 59% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($30,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Indiana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Mount Summit itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is down 71% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Mount Summit reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $745 · 2024: $212.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $725 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.34% of the home’s value, vs 0.74% across Indiana.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Mount Summit’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 Mount Summit’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Mount Summit →
Who’s in charge in Mount Summit
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Mount Summit’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on heartcreators.net/mtsummit ↗.
Blue River Valley Schools
Mount Summit’s K–12 school district, shared with Blue River Township, Mooreland, Springport, Prairie Township. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,352 per pupil, $7,081 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.
Indiana districts overall: 33% local, 56% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Mount Summit.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: heartcreators.net/mtsummit ↗
- 2Indiana HouseState representatives
- 3Indiana SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Indiana
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Mount Summit’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Mount Summit’s government
How much does Mount Summit spend per resident?
About $212 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $745 was more than 59% of 363 Indiana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Mount Summit?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $725 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.34% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.74% across Indiana. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see heartcreators.net/mtsummit.
Who runs Mount Summit’s government?
See heartcreators.net/mtsummit for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Mount Summit yet.
How many people work for Mount Summit?
0 full-time and 4 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $3,136 (about $37,632 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Mount Summit in the state legislature?
State Senate District 27 (Jeff Raatz) and State House District 54 (Cory Criswell). The House district also covers 43 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Mount Summit’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 →