How is Bonita run?
Bonita’s village government spent $287,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, about $1,669 per resident. Water and other utilities ($75,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Bonita is run
Read from the village’s budget and official records.
About $1,669 per resident a year, or $4.57 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 56%.
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No comparison or trend for Bonita yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample), and Bonita’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars). It reported 2023 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 $199 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 Bonita’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 Bonita’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Bonita →
Who’s in charge in Bonita
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time village employee for every 57 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 2023 finance file (172).
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.
Morehouse Parish School District
Bonita’s K–12 school district, shared with Bastrop, Collinston, Mer Rouge, Oak Ridge. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,381 per pupil, $9,370 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.
Louisiana districts overall: 47% local, 34% state, 19% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Bonita.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Louisiana HouseState representatives
- 3Louisiana SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Louisiana
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Bonita’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Bonita’s government
How much does Bonita spend per resident?
About $1,669 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who runs Bonita’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Bonita yet.
How many people work for Bonita?
3 full-time and 3 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $11,705 (about $140,460 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Bonita in the state legislature?
State Senate District 33 (Stewart Cathey) and State House District 19 (Francis Thompson). The House district also covers 12 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Bonita’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
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 →