First National Bank · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0How is New Roads run?
New Roads’ city government spent $7.4 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $1,685 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: New Roads didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how New Roads is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,685 per resident a year, or $4.62 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 32%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
New Roads 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 New Roads yet
Every year of New Roads’ 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 →The typical homeowner pays $490 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 New Roads’ 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.
Tax bills are one input to New Roads’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in New Roads →
Who’s in charge in New Roads
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
New Roads’ meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on newroads.net ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 96 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 2022 finance file (4,409).
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.
Pointe Coupee Parish School District
New Roads’ K–12 school district, shared with Fordoche, Livonia, Morganza. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $18,418 per pupil, $10,016 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 New Roads.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: newroads.net ↗
- 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 New Roads’ government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about New Roads’ government
How much does New Roads spend per resident?
About $1,685 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (New Roads didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $14.7 million.
What is the property tax rate in New Roads?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $490 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 newroads.net.
Who runs New Roads’ government?
See newroads.net for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for New Roads yet.
How many people work for New Roads?
46 full-time and 11 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $211,608 (about $2.5M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents New Roads in the state legislature?
State Senate District 17 (Caleb Kleinpeter) and State House District 18 (Jeremy LaCombe). The House district also covers six other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about New Roads’ 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 (for New Roads, 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 →