Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Wheatcroft run?
Wheatcroft’s city government spent $56,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $368 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Wheatcroft didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Wheatcroft is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $368 per resident a year, or $1.01 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 70%.
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Wheatcroft 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 Wheatcroft yet
Every year of Wheatcroft’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 →Who’s in charge in Wheatcroft
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Webster County School District
Wheatcroft’s K–12 school district, shared with Clay, Dixon, Providence, Sebree, Slaughters. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,368 per pupil, $6,521 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.
Wheatcroft’s votes are counted by county
Kentucky reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Wheatcroft alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Webster County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican78.1%4,339 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat20.8%1,153 votesOthers: 1.2% (64 votes).
Most votes in Webster County: Donald J Trump
Kentucky: Trump 64.5%, Harris 33.9%
100% of Wheatcroft lies in Webster County. Every 2024 race in Webster County is on the county’s page.
Webster 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 Wheatcroft.
- 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 Wheatcroft’s government
How much does Wheatcroft spend per resident?
About $368 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Wheatcroft didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $321,000.
Who runs Wheatcroft’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Wheatcroft yet.
How did Wheatcroft vote in 2024?
Kentucky counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Wheatcroft alone. Webster County, where 100% of Wheatcroft lies, voted Trump 78.1%, Harris 20.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Wheatcroft?
0 full-time and 9 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $439 (about $5,268 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Wheatcroft 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 (for Wheatcroft, 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 →