Hoffman and Lamb Buildings · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Enterprise run?
Enterprise’s city government spent $602,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $779 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Enterprise didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Enterprise is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $779 per resident a year, or $2.13 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 32%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Enterprise 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 Enterprise yet
Every year of Enterprise’s 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, the same as 7 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $1,625 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.74% 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 Enterprise’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 Enterprise’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Enterprise →
Who’s in charge in Enterprise
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Enterprise’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on enterpriseks.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 110 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 2022 finance file (773).
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.
Chapman Unified School District 473
Enterprise’s K–12 school district, shared with Carlton, Center Township, Chapman, Flora Township, Fragrant Hill Township and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,107 per pupil, $8,408 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.
Enterprise’s votes are counted by county
Kansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Enterprise alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Dickinson County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican76.7%7,014 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat21.8%1,989 votesOthers: 1.5% (141 votes).
Most votes in Dickinson County: Donald J Trump
Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%
100% of Enterprise lies in Dickinson County. Every 2024 race in Dickinson County is on the county’s page.
Dickinson 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 Enterprise.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: enterpriseks.org ↗
- 2Kansas HouseState representatives
- 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 Enterprise’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Enterprise’s government
How much does Enterprise spend per resident?
About $779 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Enterprise didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $1.4 million.
What is the property tax rate in Enterprise?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,625 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.74% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see enterpriseks.org.
Who runs Enterprise’s government?
See enterpriseks.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Enterprise yet.
How did Enterprise vote in 2024?
Kansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Enterprise alone. Dickinson County, where 100% of Enterprise lies, voted Trump 76.7%, Harris 21.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Enterprise?
7 full-time and 25 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $73,848 (about $886,176 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Enterprise in the state legislature?
State Senate District 24 (Scott Hill) and State House District 70 (Greg Wilson). The House district also covers 45 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Enterprise’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 Enterprise, 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 →