Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHow is Ghent run?
Ghent’s city government spent $145,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $472 per resident. Water and other utilities ($23,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Ghent is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $472 per resident a year, or $1.29 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 65%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
$472 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Ghent’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($472 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 221 Kentucky cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $419, and the middle half spent $226–$721. Ghent spent more than 55% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($33,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Kentucky cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Ghent itself left out).
No trend yet
Ghent reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
Who’s in charge in Ghent
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Carroll County School District
Ghent’s K–12 school district, shared with Carrollton, Prestonville, Sanders, Worthville. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,907 per pupil, $9,115 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.
Kentucky districts overall: 37% local, 46% state, 17% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Ghent’s votes are counted by county
Kentucky reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Ghent alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Carroll County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican74.9%3,014 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat23.9%963 votesOthers: 1.2% (48 votes).
Most votes in Carroll County: Donald J Trump
Kentucky: Trump 64.5%, Harris 33.9%
100% of Ghent lies in Carroll County. Every 2024 race in Carroll County is on the county’s page.
Carroll 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 Ghent.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Kentucky HouseState representatives
- 3Kentucky SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kentucky
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Ghent’s government
How much does Ghent spend per resident?
About $472 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $472 was more than 55% of 221 Kentucky cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Ghent’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Ghent yet.
How did Ghent vote in 2024?
Kentucky counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Ghent alone. Carroll County, where 100% of Ghent lies, voted Trump 74.9%, Harris 23.9% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Ghent?
0 full-time and 9 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $6,745 (about $80,940 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Ghent in the state legislature?
State Senate District 20 (Gex Williams) and State House District 47 (Felicia Rabourn). The House district also covers 15 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; 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 →