Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainHow is Jetmore run?
Jetmore’s city government spent $549,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $700 per resident. Water and other utilities ($1.6 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Jetmore is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $700 per resident a year, or $1.92 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: parks & libraries, at 33%.
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No comparison for Jetmore yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Jetmore’s 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 22% since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Jetmore 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: $594 · 2024: $700.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $1,636 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.73% 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 Jetmore’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 Jetmore’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Jetmore →
Who’s in charge in Jetmore
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Jetmore’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on jetmorekansas.com ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 131 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (784).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Hodgeman County Schools Unified School District 227
Jetmore’s K–12 school district, shared with Benton Township, Center Township, Hallet Township, Hanston, North Roscoe Township and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,758 per pupil, $10,125 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.
Jetmore’s votes are counted by county
Kansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Jetmore alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Hodgeman County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.6%817 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat14.1%136 votesOthers: 1.3% (13 votes).
Most votes in Hodgeman County: Donald J Trump
Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%
100% of Jetmore lies in Hodgeman County. Every 2024 race in Hodgeman County is on the county’s page.
Hodgeman 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 Jetmore.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: jetmorekansas.com ↗
- 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 Jetmore’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Jetmore’s government
How much does Jetmore spend per resident?
About $700 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 Jetmore?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,636 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.73% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see jetmorekansas.com.
Who runs Jetmore’s government?
See jetmorekansas.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Jetmore yet.
How did Jetmore vote in 2024?
Kansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Jetmore alone. Hodgeman County, where 100% of Jetmore lies, voted Trump 84.6%, Harris 14.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Jetmore?
6 full-time and 3 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $25,348 (about $304,176 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Jetmore in the state legislature?
State Senate District 38 (Ron Ryckman) and State House District 122 (Lon Pishny). The House district also covers 43 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Jetmore’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; 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 →