Photo: Catfilmnoir a.k.a. Carol Baier · CC BY-SA 2.0How is Macon run?
Macon’s city government spent $4.7 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $856 per resident. Water and other utilities ($13.7 million) and the airport ($193,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Macon is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $856 per resident a year, or $2.35 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 31%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
$776 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Macon’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($776 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 79 Missouri cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $780, and the middle half spent $510–$1,041. Macon spent less than 52% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($1.3 million), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Missouri cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Macon itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is up 13% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Macon reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $776 · 2023: $796 · 2024: $856.
full-time in March 2025, up from 71 in 2022.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $1,024 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.67% 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 Macon’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 Macon’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Macon →
Who’s in charge in Macon
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Macon’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cityofmacon-mo.gov ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 73 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (5,456).
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.
Macon County R-I School District
Macon’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $12,487 per pupil, $7,258 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.
Macon’s votes are counted by county
Missouri reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Macon alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Macon County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican80.4%6,300 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat18.9%1,481 votesOthers: 0.7% (58 votes).
Most votes in Macon County: Donald J Trump
Missouri: Trump 58.5%, Harris 40.1%
100% of Macon lies in Macon County. Every 2024 race in Macon County is on the county’s page.
Macon 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 Macon.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: cityofmacon-mo.gov ↗
- 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 Macon’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Macon’s government
How much does Macon spend per resident?
About $856 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $776 was less than 52% of 79 Missouri cities of 2,500–9,999 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Macon?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,024 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.67% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.85% across Missouri. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see cityofmacon-mo.gov.
Who runs Macon’s government?
See cityofmacon-mo.gov for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Macon yet.
How did Macon vote in 2024?
Missouri counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Macon alone. Macon County, where 100% of Macon lies, voted Trump 80.4%, Harris 18.9% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Macon?
75 full-time and 37 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $401,844 (about $4.8M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Macon in the state legislature?
State Senate District 18 (Cindy O'Laughlin) and State House District 6 (Ed Lewis). The House district also covers 14 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Macon’s government
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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; 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 →