Photo: Plazak · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Grand Rivers run?
Grand Rivers’ city government spent $2.1 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $5,873 per resident. Water and other utilities ($742,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Grand Rivers is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $5,873 per resident a year, or $16.09 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 38%.
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No comparison or trend for Grand Rivers yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample), and Grand Rivers’ 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars). It reported 2024 only (2022 is an estimate), so there is no trend yet either. The next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $1,080 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.63% of the home’s value, vs 0.75% across Kentucky.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Grand Rivers’ 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 Grand Rivers’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Grand Rivers →
Who’s in charge in Grand Rivers
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 59 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 (353).
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.
Livingston County School District
Grand Rivers’ K–12 school district, shared with Carrsville, Salem, Smithland. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,316 per pupil, $7,722 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.
Grand Rivers’ votes are counted by county
Kentucky reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Grand Rivers alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Livingston County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican80.9%4,021 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat17.8%886 votesOthers: 1.3% (65 votes).
Most votes in Livingston County: Donald J Trump
Kentucky: Trump 64.5%, Harris 33.9%
100% of Grand Rivers lies in Livingston County. Every 2024 race in Livingston County is on the county’s page.
Livingston 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 Grand Rivers.
- 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.
Reach Grand Rivers’ government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Grand Rivers’ government
How much does Grand Rivers spend per resident?
About $5,873 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Grand Rivers?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,080 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.63% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.75% across Kentucky. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Grand Rivers’ government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Grand Rivers yet.
How did Grand Rivers vote in 2024?
Kentucky counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Grand Rivers alone. Livingston County, where 100% of Grand Rivers lies, voted Trump 80.9%, Harris 17.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Grand Rivers?
6 full-time and 1 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $18,235 (about $218,820 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Grand Rivers in the state legislature?
State Senate District 2 (Danny Carroll) and State House District 3 (Randy Bridges). The House district also covers four 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 →