Fort Peck Theatre · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Fort Peck run?
Fort Peck’s town government spent $432,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, about $1,808 per resident. Water and other utilities ($194,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Fort Peck is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $1,808 per resident a year, or $4.95 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 23%.
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No comparison or trend for Fort Peck yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample), and Fort Peck’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars). It reported 2023 only (2022 is an estimate), so there is no trend yet either. The next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $2,353 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.86% of the home’s value, vs 0.72% across Montana.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Fort Peck’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 Fort Peck’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Fort Peck →
Who’s in charge in Fort Peck
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 120 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (239).
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.
Nashua K-12 Schools
Fort Peck’s K–12 school district, shared with Nashua. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $21,327 per pupil, $12,099 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.
Montana districts overall: 44% local, 39% state, 17% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Fort Peck’s votes are counted by county
Montana reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Fort Peck alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Valley County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican74.0%3,019 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat22.9%935 votesOthers: 3.1% (125 votes).
Most votes in Valley County: Donald J Trump
Montana: Trump 58.4%, Harris 38.5%
100% of Fort Peck lies in Valley County. Every 2024 race in Valley County is on the county’s page.
Valley 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 Fort Peck.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Montana HouseState representatives
- 3Montana SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Montana
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Fort Peck’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Fort Peck’s government
How much does Fort Peck spend per resident?
About $1,808 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Fort Peck?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $2,353 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.86% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.72% across Montana. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Fort Peck’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Fort Peck yet.
How did Fort Peck vote in 2024?
Montana counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Fort Peck alone. Valley County, where 100% of Fort Peck lies, voted Trump 74.0%, Harris 22.9% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Fort Peck?
2 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $13,281 (about $159,372 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Fort Peck in the state legislature?
State Senate District 16 (Jonathan Windy Boy) and State House District 31 (Frank J. Smith). The House district also covers two neighboring 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; 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 →