How is El Dorado Springs run?
El Dorado Springs’ city government spent $3.8 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $1,056 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: El Dorado Springs didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how El Dorado Springs is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,056 per resident a year, or $2.89 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 27%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
El Dorado Springs didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for El Dorado Springs yet
Every year of El Dorado Springs’ figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. 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 $980 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.94% 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 El Dorado Springs’ 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 El Dorado Springs’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in El Dorado Springs →
Who’s in charge in El Dorado Springs
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 105 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 2024 finance file (3,584).
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.
El Dorado Springs R-II School District
El Dorado Springs’ K–12 school district, shared with Virgil Township, Clear Creek Township, Montevallo Township. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,748 per pupil, $7,811 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.
El Dorado Springs’ votes are counted by county
Missouri reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for El Dorado Springs alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Cedar County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.4%6,064 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat14.7%1,060 votesOthers: 0.9% (64 votes).
Most votes in Cedar County: Donald J Trump
Missouri: Trump 58.5%, Harris 40.1%
100% of El Dorado Springs lies in Cedar County. Every 2024 race in Cedar County is on the county’s page.
Cedar 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 El Dorado Springs.
- 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 El Dorado Springs’ government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about El Dorado Springs’ government
How much does El Dorado Springs spend per resident?
About $1,056 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (El Dorado Springs didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $13.8 million.
What is the property tax rate in El Dorado Springs?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $980 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.94% 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 El Dorado Springs’ government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for El Dorado Springs yet.
How did El Dorado Springs vote in 2024?
Missouri counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for El Dorado Springs alone. Cedar County, where 100% of El Dorado Springs lies, voted Trump 84.4%, Harris 14.7% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for El Dorado Springs?
34 full-time and 13 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $166,136 (about $2.0M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents El Dorado Springs in the state legislature?
State Senate District 28 (Sandy Crawford) and State House District 125 (Dane Diehl). The House district also covers 56 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 El Dorado Springs, 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 →