Great Duck Island Light Station · Public domainHow is Frenchboro run?
Frenchboro’s town government spent $361,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $6,119 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Frenchboro didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Frenchboro is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
Frenchboro
Frenchboro’s elementary school district. The schools are run by Frenchboro, so this money is part of the budget above.
Of the $49,800 per pupil, $30,000 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.
Maine districts overall: 52% local, 40% state, 8% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $6,119 per resident a year, or $16.76 a day
Schools are part of the town’s budget, so they lead the receipt: 50% of day-to-day spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Frenchboro collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
Frenchboro runs its own schools, so school spending is part of this budget.
Frenchboro 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 Frenchboro yet
Every year of Frenchboro’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town 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 $5,250 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Frenchboro’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 Frenchboro’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Frenchboro →
Who’s in charge in Frenchboro
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 59 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 (59).
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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Frenchboro.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Maine HouseState representatives
- 3Maine SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Maine
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Frenchboro compares with the towns next door
Frenchboro’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 3 of the 5 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $3,343 to $9,783 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Tremont | $3,343 runs schools | $2,822 |
| Southwest Harbor | $4,008 runs schools | $3,479 |
| Cranberry Isles | $9,783 runs schools | $3,273 |
| Swans Island | estimate | $2,420 |
| Brooklin | estimate | $1,792 |
| Frenchboro | estimate | $5,250 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Frenchboro’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Frenchboro’s government
How much does Frenchboro spend per resident?
About $6,119 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Frenchboro didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $371,000.
Who runs Frenchboro’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Frenchboro yet.
How many people work for Frenchboro?
1 full-time and 14 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $21,267 (about $255,204 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Frenchboro in the state legislature?
State Senate District 7 (Nicole Grohoski) and State House District 15 (Holly Eaton). The House district also covers eight other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Frenchboro’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 Frenchboro, 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 →