Bonner Springs High School · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Bonner Springs run?
Bonner Springs’ city government spent $12 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $1,567 per resident. Water and other utilities ($1.7 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Bonner Springs is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,567 per resident a year, or $4.29 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 25%.
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No comparison for Bonner Springs yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Bonner Springs’ 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars), so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is up 6% since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Bonner Springs reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2023: $1,446 · 2024: $1,567.
full-time in March 2025, the same as 75 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $3,951 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.60% of the home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Bonner Springs’ 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 Bonner Springs’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Bonner Springs →
Who’s in charge in Bonner Springs
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Bonner Springs’ meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on bonnersprings.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 102 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (7,666).
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.
Bonner Springs Unified School District 204
Bonner Springs’ K–12 school district, shared with Edwardsville. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,005 per pupil, $8,280 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.
Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.
De Soto Unified School District 232 · $12,922 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Bonner Springs’ votes are counted by county
Kansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Bonner Springs alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Wyandotte County’s results.
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat61.1%30,938 votes
Donald J TrumpRepublican37.3%18,867 votesOthers: 1.6% (797 votes).
Most votes in Wyandotte County: Kamala D Harris
Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%
100% of Bonner Springs lies in Wyandotte County; the rest in Leavenworth County, Johnson County. Every 2024 race in Wyandotte County is on the county’s page.
Wyandotte 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 Bonner Springs.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: bonnersprings.org ↗
- 2Kansas HouseBonner Springs is split between 2 districts
- 3Kansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Bonner Springs compares with the towns next door
Bonner Springs’ 2022 figures are a Census estimate, so it isn’t placed among them. Neighbors that reported 2022 spent $108 to $1,669 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Fairmount Township | $108 | $4,723 |
| Edwardsville | $1,669 | $3,524 |
| Kansas City | estimate | $2,405 |
| Shawnee | estimate | $4,105 |
| Bonner Springs | estimate | $3,951 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Bonner Springs’ government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Bonner Springs’ government
How much does Bonner Springs spend per resident?
About $1,567 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Bonner Springs?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $3,951 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.60% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see bonnersprings.org.
Who runs Bonner Springs’ government?
See bonnersprings.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Bonner Springs yet.
How did Bonner Springs vote in 2024?
Kansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Bonner Springs alone. Wyandotte County, where 100% of Bonner Springs lies, voted Harris 61.1%, Trump 37.3% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Bonner Springs?
75 full-time and 55 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $494,524 (about $5.9M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Bonner Springs in the state legislature?
Bonner Springs is split among 2 State House districts and 2 State Senate districts, so your address decides. The Kansas Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Bonner Springs’ 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 →