Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainHow is Meade run?
Meade’s city government spent $1.6 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $1,122 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Meade didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Meade is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,122 per resident a year, or $3.07 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 26%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Meade 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 Meade yet
Every year of Meade’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 13 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $1,962 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.61% 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 Meade’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 Meade’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Meade →
Who’s in charge in Meade
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Meade’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on CityOfMeade.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 111 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 (1,439).
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.
Meade Unified School District 226
Meade’s K–12 school district, shared with Meade Center Township, Cimarron Township, Mertilla Township, Sand Creek Township, Crooked Creek Township. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,226 per pupil, $9,606 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.
Meade’s votes are counted by county
Kansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Meade alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Meade County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.2%1,427 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat14.6%247 votesOthers: 1.2% (21 votes).
Most votes in Meade County: Donald J Trump
Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%
100% of Meade lies in Meade County. Every 2024 race in Meade County is on the county’s page.
Meade 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 Meade.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: CityOfMeade.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 Meade’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Meade’s government
How much does Meade spend per resident?
About $1,122 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Meade didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $3.5 million.
What is the property tax rate in Meade?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,962 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.61% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see CityOfMeade.org.
Who runs Meade’s government?
See CityOfMeade.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Meade yet.
How did Meade vote in 2024?
Kansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Meade alone. Meade County, where 100% of Meade lies, voted Trump 84.2%, Harris 14.6% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Meade?
13 full-time and 35 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $107,806 (about $1.3M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Meade in the state legislature?
State Senate District 38 (Ron Ryckman) and State House District 115 (Gary White). The House district also covers 52 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Meade’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 Meade, 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 →