How is Converse run?
Converse’s village government spent $282,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2023, about $742 per resident. Water and other utilities ($78,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Converse is run
Read from the village’s budget and official records.
About $742 per resident a year, or $2.03 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 33%.
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$619 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Converse’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($619 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 76 Louisiana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $477, and the middle half spent $146–$888. Converse spent more than 58% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($85,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Louisiana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Converse itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is up 6% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Converse reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $619 · 2023: $742. Per resident it went from $619 to $742 (up 20%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 430 to 380.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $199 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.24% of the home’s value, vs 0.55% across Louisiana.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Converse’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 Converse’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Converse →
Who’s in charge in Converse
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time village employee for every 35 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (380).
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.
Sabine Parish School District
Converse’s K–12 school district, shared with Fisher, Florien, Many, Noble, Pleasant Hill and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,683 per pupil, $9,012 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 Converse.
- 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 Converse’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Converse’s government
How much does Converse spend per resident?
About $742 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $619 was more than 58% of 76 Louisiana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Converse?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $199 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.24% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Louisiana. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the village’s assessor.
Who runs Converse’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Converse yet.
How many people work for Converse?
11 full-time and 0 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $18,604 (about $223,248 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Converse in the state legislature?
State Senate District 31 (Alan Seabaugh) and State House District 7 (Larry Bagley). The House district also covers 13 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 →