Photo: Jena Fuller from Columbia, MO, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0How is Bunceton run?
Bunceton’s city government spent $368,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $1,028 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Bunceton didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Bunceton is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
The typical homeowner pays $678 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.82% 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 Bunceton’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 Bunceton’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Bunceton →
About $1,028 per resident a year, or $2.82 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 21%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Bunceton 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 Bunceton yet
Every year of Bunceton’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 →Who’s in charge in Bunceton
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 119 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 (358).
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.
Cooper County R-IV School District
Bunceton’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $27,733 per pupil, $13,791 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.
Bunceton’s votes are counted by county
Missouri reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Bunceton alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Cooper County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican72.4%6,393 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat26.6%2,347 votesOthers: 1.1% (95 votes).
Most votes in Cooper County: Donald J Trump
Missouri: Trump 58.5%, Harris 40.1%
100% of Bunceton lies in Cooper County. Every 2024 race in Cooper County is on the county’s page.
Cooper 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 Bunceton.
- 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 Bunceton’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Bunceton’s government
How much does Bunceton spend per resident?
About $1,028 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Bunceton didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $402,000.
What is the property tax rate in Bunceton?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $678 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.82% 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 Bunceton’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Bunceton yet.
How did Bunceton vote in 2024?
Missouri counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Bunceton alone. Cooper County, where 100% of Bunceton lies, voted Trump 72.4%, Harris 26.6% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Bunceton?
3 full-time and 2 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $4,382 (about $52,584 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Bunceton in the state legislature?
State Senate District 21 (Kurtis Gregory) and State House District 48 (Tim Taylor). The House district also covers 38 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 (for Bunceton, 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 →