Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Potts Camp run?
Potts Camp’s town government spent $308,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $665 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Potts Camp didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Potts Camp is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $665 per resident a year, or $1.82 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 41%.
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Potts Camp 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 Potts Camp yet
Every year of Potts Camp’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town 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 $767 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.70% 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 Potts Camp’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 Potts Camp’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Potts Camp →
Who’s in charge in Potts Camp
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 232 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 (463).
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.
Marshall County School District
Potts Camp’s K–12 school district, shared with Byhalia. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,747 per pupil, $6,475 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.
Potts Camp’s votes are counted by county
Mississippi reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Potts Camp alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Marshall County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican53.2%7,977 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat46.0%6,888 votesOthers: 0.8% (118 votes).
Most votes in Marshall County: Donald J Trump
Mississippi: Trump 60.9%, Harris 38.0%
100% of Potts Camp lies in Marshall County. Every 2024 race in Marshall County is on the county’s page.
Marshall 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 Potts Camp.
- 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.
Reach Potts Camp’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Potts Camp’s government
How much does Potts Camp spend per resident?
About $665 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Potts Camp didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $409,000.
What is the property tax rate in Potts Camp?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $767 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.70% 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 Potts Camp’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Potts Camp yet.
How did Potts Camp vote in 2024?
Mississippi counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Potts Camp alone. Marshall County, where 100% of Potts Camp lies, voted Trump 53.2%, Harris 46.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Potts Camp?
2 full-time and 10 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $8,948 (about $107,376 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Potts Camp in the state legislature?
State Senate District 10 (Neil Whaley) and State House District 13 (Steve Massengill). The House district also covers seven 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 Potts Camp, 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 →