Hall Summit spent less per resident in 2022 than 90% of similar cities
Hall Summit’s village government spent $67,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $252 per resident. Water and other utilities ($20,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Hall Summit is run
Read from the village’s budget and official records.
$80 per resident in 2022: less than 90% of them
Hall Summit’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($80 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 $495, and the middle half spent $149–$888. Hall Summit spent less than 90% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($3,000), 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; Hall Summit itself left out).
About $252 per resident a year, or $0.69 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 19%.
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Day-to-day spending is up 191% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Hall Summit 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: $80 · 2024: $252. Per resident it went from $80 to $252 (up 215%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 289 to 266.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
Who’s in charge in Hall Summit
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time village employee for every 266 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (266).
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.
Red River Parish School District
Hall Summit’s K–12 school district, shared with Coushatta, Edgefield, Martin. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $25,767 per pupil, $13,505 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 Hall Summit.
- 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
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Questions about Hall Summit’s government
How much does Hall Summit spend per resident?
About $252 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $80 was less than 90% of 76 Louisiana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Hall Summit’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Hall Summit yet.
How many people work for Hall Summit?
1 full-time and 7 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $7,218 (about $86,616 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Hall Summit in the state legislature?
State Senate District 31 (Alan Seabaugh) and State House District 5 (Dennis Bamburg). The House district also covers five 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 →