How is Cheney run?
Cheney’s city government spent $2.5 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $1,162 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Cheney didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Cheney is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,162 per resident a year, or $3.18 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: parks & libraries, at 39%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Cheney didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Cheney yet
Every year of Cheney’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. 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, the same as 14 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $2,411 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.44% 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 Cheney’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 Cheney’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Cheney →
Who’s in charge in Cheney
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Cheney’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cheneyks.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 154 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 (2,161).
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.
Cheney Unified School District 268
Cheney’s K–12 school district, shared with Morton Township, Erie Township, Vinita Township, Grand River Township, Evan Township. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,363 per pupil, $8,549 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.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Cheney’s votes are counted by county
Kansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Cheney alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Sedgwick County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican56.1%120,118 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat42.3%90,506 votesOthers: 1.6% (3,528 votes).
Most votes in Sedgwick County: Donald J Trump
Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%
100% of Cheney lies in Sedgwick County. Every 2024 race in Sedgwick County is on the county’s page.
Sedgwick 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 Cheney.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: cheneyks.org ↗
- 2Kansas HouseCheney 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.
Reach Cheney’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Cheney’s government
How much does Cheney spend per resident?
About $1,162 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Cheney didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $3.3 million.
What is the property tax rate in Cheney?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $2,411 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.44% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see cheneyks.org.
Who runs Cheney’s government?
See cheneyks.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Cheney yet.
How did Cheney vote in 2024?
Kansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Cheney alone. Sedgwick County, where 100% of Cheney lies, voted Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.3% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Cheney?
14 full-time and 39 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $129,339 (about $1.6M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Cheney in the state legislature?
Cheney is split among 2 State House districts, so your address decides. The Kansas Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Its State Senate district is District 26 (Chase Blasi). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Cheney’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 Cheney, 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 →