Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Tishomingo run?
Tishomingo’s town government spent $372,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $1,019 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Tishomingo didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Tishomingo is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $1,019 per resident a year, or $2.79 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 28%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Tishomingo 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 Tishomingo yet
Every year of Tishomingo’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town 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 $758 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.74% 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 Tishomingo’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 Tishomingo’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Tishomingo →
Who’s in charge in Tishomingo
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Tishomingo’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on tishomingo.ms ↗.
One full-time town employee for every 73 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (365).
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.
Tishomingo County Schools
Tishomingo’s K–12 school district, shared with Belmont, Burnsville, Golden, Iuka, Paden. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,898 per pupil, $7,066 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.
Tishomingo’s votes are counted by county
Mississippi reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Tishomingo alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Tishomingo County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican89.1%8,064 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat10.2%921 votesOthers: 0.7% (65 votes).
Most votes in Tishomingo County: Donald J Trump
Mississippi: Trump 60.9%, Harris 38.0%
100% of Tishomingo lies in Tishomingo County. Every 2024 race in Tishomingo County is on the county’s page.
Tishomingo 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 Tishomingo.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: tishomingo.ms ↗
- 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 Tishomingo’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Tishomingo’s government
How much does Tishomingo spend per resident?
About $1,019 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Tishomingo didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $902,000.
What is the property tax rate in Tishomingo?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $758 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.74% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.72% across Mississippi. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see tishomingo.ms.
Who runs Tishomingo’s government?
See tishomingo.ms for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Tishomingo yet.
How did Tishomingo vote in 2024?
Mississippi counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Tishomingo alone. Tishomingo County, where 100% of Tishomingo lies, voted Trump 89.1%, Harris 10.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Tishomingo?
5 full-time and 8 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $29,740 (about $356,880 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Tishomingo in the state legislature?
State Senate District 5 (Daniel Sparks) and State House District 1 (Bubba Carpenter). The House district also covers seven other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Tishomingo’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
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 Tishomingo, 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 →