Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Bernie run?
Bernie’s city government spent $1.5 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $809 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Bernie didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Bernie is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $809 per resident a year, or $2.22 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 33%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Bernie 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 Bernie yet
Every year of Bernie’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 →The typical homeowner pays $630 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.64% of the home’s value, vs 0.85% across Missouri.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Bernie’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 Bernie’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Bernie →
Who’s in charge in Bernie
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 99 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 (1,875).
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.
Bernie R-XIII School District
Bernie’s K–12 school district, shared with Liberty Township. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,814 per pupil, $6,593 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.
Missouri districts overall: 54% local, 35% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Bernie’s votes are counted by county
Missouri reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Bernie alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Stoddard County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican86.6%11,783 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat12.8%1,736 votesOthers: 0.6% (80 votes).
Most votes in Stoddard County: Donald J Trump
Missouri: Trump 58.5%, Harris 40.1%
100% of Bernie lies in Stoddard County. Every 2024 race in Stoddard County is on the county’s page.
Stoddard County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Bernie.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Missouri HouseState representatives
- 3Missouri SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Missouri
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Bernie’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Bernie’s government
How much does Bernie spend per resident?
About $809 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Bernie didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $2.6 million.
What is the property tax rate in Bernie?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $630 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.64% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.85% across Missouri. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Bernie’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Bernie yet.
How did Bernie vote in 2024?
Missouri counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Bernie alone. Stoddard County, where 100% of Bernie lies, voted Trump 86.6%, Harris 12.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Bernie?
19 full-time and 29 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $69,606 (about $835,272 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Bernie in the state legislature?
State Senate District 25 (Jason Bean) and State House District 151 (Steve Jordan). The House district also covers 21 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Bernie’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 Bernie, 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 →