Photo: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0How is St. Martinville run?
St. Martinville’s city government spent $8.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $1,451 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: St. Martinville didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how St. Martinville is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,451 per resident a year, or $3.98 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: housing & development, at 24%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
St. Martinville 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 St. Martinville yet
Every year of St. Martinville’s 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 →full-time in March 2025, down from 69 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $254 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.25% 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 St. Martinville’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.
Tax bills are one input to St. Martinville’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in St. Martinville →
Who’s in charge in St. Martinville
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
St. Martinville’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on stmartinville.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 83 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (5,676).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
St. Martin Parish School District
St. Martinville’s K–12 school district, shared with Breaux Bridge, Henderson, Parks. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,606 per pupil, $7,641 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 St. Martinville.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: stmartinville.org ↗
- 2Louisiana HouseSt. Martinville is split between 2 districts
- 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 St. Martinville’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about St. Martinville’s government
How much does St. Martinville spend per resident?
About $1,451 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (St. Martinville didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $16.5 million.
What is the property tax rate in St. Martinville?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $254 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.25% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Louisiana. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see stmartinville.org.
Who runs St. Martinville’s government?
See stmartinville.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for St. Martinville yet.
How many people work for St. Martinville?
68 full-time and 41 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $424,503 (about $5.1M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents St. Martinville in the state legislature?
St. Martinville is split among 2 State House districts, so your address decides. The Louisiana Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Its State Senate district is District 22 (Blake Miguez). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about St. Martinville’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 St. Martinville, 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 →