How is Mound Valley run?
Mound Valley’s city government spent $306,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2023, about $879 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Mound Valley didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Mound Valley is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $879 per resident a year, or $2.41 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 24%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Mound Valley didn’t report all of its 2023 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Mound Valley yet
Every year of Mound Valley’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2023. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $880 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 2.07% 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 Mound Valley’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 Mound Valley’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Mound Valley →
Who’s in charge in Mound Valley
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 174 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (348).
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.
Labette County Unified School District 506
Mound Valley’s K–12 school district, shared with Altamont, Bartlett, Canada Township, Edna, Elm Grove Township and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,681 per pupil, $8,211 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.
Mound Valley’s votes are counted by county
Kansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Mound Valley alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Labette County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican68.3%5,410 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat30.1%2,385 votesOthers: 1.6% (126 votes).
Most votes in Labette County: Donald J Trump
Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%
100% of Mound Valley lies in Labette County. Every 2024 race in Labette County is on the county’s page.
Labette 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 Mound Valley.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 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 Mound Valley’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Mound Valley’s government
How much does Mound Valley spend per resident?
About $879 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2023, a Census Bureau estimate (Mound Valley didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $357,000.
What is the property tax rate in Mound Valley?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $880 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 2.07% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.29% across Kansas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Mound Valley’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Mound Valley yet.
How did Mound Valley vote in 2024?
Kansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Mound Valley alone. Labette County, where 100% of Mound Valley lies, voted Trump 68.3%, Harris 30.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Mound Valley?
2 full-time and 5 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $8,049 (about $96,588 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Mound Valley in the state legislature?
State Senate District 15 (Virgil Peck) and State House District 7 (Dan Goddard). The House district also covers 20 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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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 Mound Valley, 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 →