Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Sicily Island run?
Sicily Island’s village government spent $687,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $1,568 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Sicily Island didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Sicily Island is run
Read from the village’s budget and official records.
About $1,568 per resident a year, or $4.30 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 29%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Sicily Island 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 Sicily Island yet
Every year of Sicily Island’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the village 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 $199 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.36% 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 Sicily Island’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 Sicily Island’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Sicily Island →
Who’s in charge in Sicily Island
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time village employee for every 34 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 (438).
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.
Catahoula Parish School District
Sicily Island’s K–12 school district, shared with Harrisonburg, Jonesville. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,474 per pupil, $9,620 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 Sicily Island.
- 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 Sicily Island’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Sicily Island’s government
How much does Sicily Island spend per resident?
About $1,568 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Sicily Island didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $782,000.
What is the property tax rate in Sicily Island?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $199 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.36% 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 Sicily Island’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Sicily Island yet.
How many people work for Sicily Island?
13 full-time and 7 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $64,702 (about $776,424 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Sicily Island in the state legislature?
State Senate District 32 (Glen Womack) and State House District 21 (Travis Johnson). The House district also covers 13 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Sicily Island’s 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 Sicily Island, 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 →