Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Uniontown run?
Uniontown’s city government spent $555,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $597 per resident. Water and other utilities ($128,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Uniontown is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $597 per resident a year, or $1.64 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 52%.
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$597 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Uniontown’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($597 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. Uniontown spent more than 64% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($205,000), 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; Uniontown itself left out).
No trend yet
Uniontown reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
Who’s in charge in Uniontown
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 155 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 2022 finance file (930).
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.
Union County School District
Uniontown’s K–12 school district, shared with Morganfield, Sturgis, Waverly. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,740 per pupil, $8,128 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.
Uniontown’s votes are counted by county
Kentucky reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Uniontown alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Union County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican78.5%4,758 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat20.2%1,225 votesOthers: 1.2% (75 votes).
Most votes in Union County: Donald J Trump
Kentucky: Trump 64.5%, Harris 33.9%
100% of Uniontown lies in Union County. Every 2024 race in Union County is on the county’s page.
Union 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 Uniontown.
- 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 Uniontown’s government
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Questions about Uniontown’s government
How much does Uniontown spend per resident?
About $597 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 $597 was more than 64% of 221 Kentucky cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Uniontown’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Uniontown yet.
How did Uniontown vote in 2024?
Kentucky counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Uniontown alone. Union County, where 100% of Uniontown lies, voted Trump 78.5%, Harris 20.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Uniontown?
6 full-time and 14 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $21,767 (about $261,204 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Uniontown in the state legislature?
State Senate District 4 (Robby Mills) and State House District 12 (Jim Gooch). The House district also covers 14 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 →