How is Oak Hill run?
Oak Hill’s city government spent $7,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $292 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Oak Hill didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Oak Hill is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $292 per resident a year, or $0.80 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 29%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill yet
Every year of Oak Hill’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 →The typical homeowner pays $420 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Oak Hill’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 Oak Hill’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Oak Hill →
Who’s in charge in Oak Hill
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Clay Center Unified School District 379
Oak Hill’s K–12 school district, shared with Clay Center, Green, Longford, Morganville, Wakefield and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,478 per pupil, $10,854 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.
Oak Hill’s votes are counted by county
Kansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Oak Hill alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Clay County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican76.6%3,150 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat21.1%867 votesOthers: 2.3% (96 votes).
Most votes in Clay County: Donald J Trump
Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%
100% of Oak Hill lies in Clay County. Every 2024 race in Clay County is on the county’s page.
Clay 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 Oak Hill.
- 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 Oak Hill’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Oak Hill’s government
How much does Oak Hill spend per resident?
About $292 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Oak Hill didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $7,000.
Who runs Oak Hill’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Oak Hill yet.
How did Oak Hill vote in 2024?
Kansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Oak Hill alone. Clay County, where 100% of Oak Hill lies, voted Trump 76.6%, Harris 21.1% for president; its page has every race.
Who represents Oak Hill in the state legislature?
State Senate District 36 (Elaine Bowers) and State House District 64 (Bill Bloom). The House district also covers 46 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 Oak Hill, 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 →