Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Sarepta run?
Sarepta’s town government spent $398,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $489 per resident.
What stands out about how Sarepta is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $489 per resident a year, or $1.34 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 55%.
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$489 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Sarepta’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($489 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 $483, and the middle half spent $146–$888. Sarepta spent more than 50% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($220,000), 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; Sarepta itself left out).
No trend yet
Sarepta reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
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 Sarepta’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 Sarepta’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Sarepta →
Who’s in charge in Sarepta
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 204 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (814).
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.
Webster Parish School District
Sarepta’s K–12 school district, shared with Cotton Valley, Cullen, Dixie Inn, Doyline, Dubberly and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,109 per pupil, $9,901 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 Sarepta.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal 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 Sarepta’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Sarepta’s government
How much does Sarepta spend per resident?
About $489 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $489 was more than 50% of 76 Louisiana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Sarepta?
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 town’s assessor.
Who runs Sarepta’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Sarepta yet.
How many people work for Sarepta?
4 full-time and 12 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $20,950 (about $251,400 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Sarepta in the state legislature?
State Senate District 36 (Adam Bass) and State House District 10 (Wayne McMahen). The House district also covers 11 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 →