Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Guntown run?
Guntown’s town government spent $834,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, about $345 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Guntown didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Guntown is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $345 per resident a year, or $0.95 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 46%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Guntown didn’t report all of its 2023 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Guntown yet
Every year of Guntown’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022–2023. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, the same as 9 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $1,620 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.77% of the home’s value, vs 0.72% across Mississippi.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Guntown’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 Guntown’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Guntown →
Who’s in charge in Guntown
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 268 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (2,415).
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.
Lee County School District
Guntown’s K–12 school district, shared with Shannon, Verona, Plantersville, Saltillo. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,326 per pupil, $7,146 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.
Mississippi districts overall: 33% local, 45% state, 23% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Guntown’s votes are counted by county
Mississippi reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Guntown alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Lee County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican68.9%24,339 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat30.0%10,616 votesOthers: 1.1% (383 votes).
Most votes in Lee County: Donald J Trump
Mississippi: Trump 60.9%, Harris 38.0%
100% of Guntown lies in Lee County. Every 2024 race in Lee County is on the county’s page.
Lee 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 Guntown.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Mississippi HouseState representatives
- 3Mississippi SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Mississippi
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Guntown compares with the towns next door
Guntown’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 1 of the 1 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $747 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Baldwyn | $747 | $913 |
| Guntown | estimate | $1,620 |
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 Guntown’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Guntown’s government
How much does Guntown spend per resident?
About $345 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, a Census Bureau estimate (Guntown didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $1.3 million.
What is the property tax rate in Guntown?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,620 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.77% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.72% across Mississippi. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Guntown’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Guntown yet.
How did Guntown vote in 2024?
Mississippi counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Guntown alone. Lee County, where 100% of Guntown lies, voted Trump 68.9%, Harris 30.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Guntown?
9 full-time and 16 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $60,224 (about $722,688 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Guntown in the state legislature?
State Senate District 6 (Chad McMahan) and State House District 18 (Jerry Turner). The House district also covers four other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Guntown’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 (for Guntown, 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 →