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Town Hall · El Dorado

How is El Dorado run?

El Dorado’s city government spent $16.8 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $1,303 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: El Dorado didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.

Town website
Next public meeting

City Commission

5:30 pm · 220 E. 1st Ave

All meetings →
Day-to-day spending, 2024
$16.8M
year to December 31, 2024 · Census estimate
Per resident, 2024
$1,303
Census estimate · not compared
Long-term debt
$65.9M
end of 2024 · Census estimate
City staff, 2025
124
full-time · 85 part-time · March payroll $919,778 · Census estimate
Typical tax bill
$2,407
2.00% of home value · KS 1.29%

What stands out about how El Dorado is run

Read from the city’s budget, meetings and official records.

Agendas posted online6 upcoming meetings posted, with agendas.Runs its own water & sewer33% of day-to-day spending goes to water, sewer and trash (a Census estimate).A shared school districtShares El Dorado Unified School District 490 with 2 other towns.Its own police and fire22 sworn officers and 14 full-time firefighters on the payroll.
★ What stands out · Meetings

6 upcoming meetings at town hall

From El Dorado’s own agenda portal, checked daily. Agendas can change up to the meeting, so check before you go.

Recent meetings

Go in person

Most meetings are open to the public, and many have a public comment period at the start.

Agenda portal ↗
Your share of the 2024 budget

About $1,303 per resident a year, or $3.57 a day

Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 23%.

Where the money comes from
Interest, fines & other 26%Property taxes 20%Fees & charges 19%Sales taxes 15%Utility sales 15%From the state 3%Other taxes & licenses 1%
An estimate

El Dorado didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.

Not in the receipt.Building projects $2.9 million; interest on debt $5.4 million. With these and the enterprises, the whole budget was $28.9 million.
Compared with similar places · Over the years

No comparison or trend for El Dorado yet

Every year of El Dorado’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 →
City staff
124

full-time in March 2025, the same as 124 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.

Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $2,407 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 2.00% of the home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Kansas$2,798
Prospect Township$2,676
El Dorado$2,407
El Dorado Township$2,321
$2,407
typical bill a year
2.00%
effective rate
$120,300
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at El Dorado’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 El Dorado’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in El Dorado →

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in El Dorado

Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.

See 360eldorado.com/Government/CityofElDorado.html for El Dorado’s current officialsWe name an official only when a public source lists a current term. None does for El Dorado yet.360eldorado.com/Government/CityofElDorado.html ↗
Who works for El Dorado

One full-time city employee for every 104 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 (12,865).

By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025

Parks & libraries12 + 75 pt
Police24
Sewer & trash16 + 2 pt
Roads & transportation15 + 1 pt
Administration & buildings15
Fire14
Water & other utilities11 + 6 pt
Courts, inspections & corrections1
Other16 + 1 pt
124
full-time
85
part-time
$919,778
payroll for March 2025
$11.0M
a year, estimated (March × 12)
$77,800
average full-time pay, before benefits (March × 12)
22
sworn police officers
14
full-time firefighters
Estimates.El Dorado didn’t report its staff figures; these are the Census Bureau’s estimates, so they aren’t compared with other towns.

The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

The school district

El Dorado Unified School District 490

El Dorado’s K–12 school district, shared with Lincoln Township, El Dorado Township. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in El Dorado →
$13,055
per pupil · KS $14,966
1,838
students
$69.7 million
long-term debt

Of the $13,055 per pupil, $7,189 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.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 32%State 59%Federal 9%

Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.

Also serving El Dorado

Circle Unified School District 375 · $11,785 per pupil

Bluestem Unified School District 205 · $14,788 per pupil

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Elections · 2024 general election

How El Dorado voted in 2024

Official results for El Dorado’s own voters, as certified after the November 5, 2024 general election, with the county and the state beside them.

President5,162 votes · results as certified
Donald J TrumpDonald J TrumpRepublican64.9%3,350 votes
Kamala D HarrisKamala D HarrisDemocrat32.9%1,697 votes

Others: 2.2% (115 votes).

Most votes in El Dorado: Donald J Trump

Butler County: Trump 69.6%, Harris 28.4% · Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%

Turnout
54%

of El Dorado’s 9,532 adult citizens voted for president in 2024. Across Kansas: 62%.

Votes ÷ citizens of voting age (Census CVAP, 2020–24 ACS).

U.S. House · Kansas’s 4th District305,097 votes
Ron EstesRepublican65.0%
Esau FreemanDemocrat35.0%

Most votes in the district: Ron Estes

Whole-district result

President, 2024: El Dorado, its county and the state

TrumpHarrisOthersVotes
El Dorado64.9%32.9%2.2%5,162
Butler County69.6%28.4%2.0%32,236
Kansas57.2%41.0%1.8%1,327,591
DemocratRepublicanLibertarianIndependent / other

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.

Who represents El Dorado

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for El Dorado.

2024 results ↑
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Officials: 360eldorado.com/Government/CityofElDorado.html ↗
  2. 2
    Kansas HouseState representatives
    Will Carpenter
  3. 3
    Kansas SenateState senator
    Mike Fagg
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
    Laura Kelly
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
    Ron Estes
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas
    Jerry MoranRoger Marshall

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Next door

How El Dorado compares with the towns next door

El Dorado’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 1 of the 2 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $90 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.

El Dorado Township: no reported 2022 figuresProspect Township: $90 per resident (2022)El Dorado TownshipProspect TownshipEl Dorado
Spends the leastSpends the mostEstimate or no figures
TownDay-to-day, per resident (2022)Tax bill
Prospect Township$90$2,676
El Dorado Townshipestimate$2,321
El Doradoestimate$2,407

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 El Dorado’s government

The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.

The Handbook →
Official website360eldorado.com/Government/CityofElDorado.html ↗

Questions about El Dorado’s government

How much does El Dorado spend per resident?

About $1,303 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (El Dorado didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $28.9 million.

What is the property tax rate in El Dorado?

Homeowners report a typical bill of $2,407 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 2.00% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see 360eldorado.com/Government/CityofElDorado.html.

Who runs El Dorado’s government?

See 360eldorado.com/Government/CityofElDorado.html for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for El Dorado yet.

How did El Dorado vote in 2024?

For president, Donald J Trump 64.9%, Kamala D Harris 32.9% (5,162 votes, official results). Butler County: Trump 69.6%, Harris 28.4%. Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%.

How many people work for El Dorado?

124 full-time and 85 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $919,778 (about $11.0M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.

Who represents El Dorado in the state legislature?

State Senate District 14 (Mike Fagg) and State House District 75 (Will Carpenter). The House district also covers 18 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.

When is the next public meeting in El Dorado?

The next posted meeting is City Commission on Monday, November 16, at 5:30 pm in 220 E. 1st Ave, from the city’s own agenda portal.

Ask neighbors about El Dorado’s government

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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 El Dorado, 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 →