Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Grand Cane run?
Grand Cane’s village government spent $200,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $926 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Grand Cane didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Grand Cane is run
Read from the village’s budget and official records.
About $926 per resident a year, or $2.54 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 34%.
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Grand Cane didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Grand Cane yet
Every year of Grand Cane’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the village reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $688 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.29% 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 Grand Cane’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 Grand Cane’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Grand Cane →
Who’s in charge in Grand Cane
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
De Soto Parish School District
Grand Cane’s K–12 school district, shared with Keachi, Logansport, Longstreet, Mansfield, South Mansfield and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $19,190 per pupil, $10,745 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 Grand Cane.
- 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 Grand Cane’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Grand Cane’s government
How much does Grand Cane spend per resident?
About $926 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Grand Cane didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $212,000.
What is the property tax rate in Grand Cane?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $688 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.29% 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 Grand Cane’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Grand Cane yet.
How many people work for Grand Cane?
0 full-time and 4 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $2,076 (about $24,912 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Grand Cane in the state legislature?
State Senate District 38 (Thomas Pressly) and State House District 7 (Larry Bagley). The House district also covers 13 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Grand Cane’s government
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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 Grand Cane, 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 →