Baker and Lovering Store · Photo: 25or6to4 · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Joliet run?
Joliet’s town government spent $566,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $929 per resident. Water and other utilities ($267,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Joliet is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $929 per resident a year, or $2.55 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 46%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
$727 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Joliet’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($727 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 51 Montana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $810, and the middle half spent $431–$1,030. Joliet spent less than 57% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($221,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Montana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Joliet itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is up 17% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Joliet 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: $727 · 2024: $929. Per resident it went from $727 to $929 (up 28%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 666 to 609.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $1,271 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.54% 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 Joliet’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 Joliet’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Joliet →
Who’s in charge in Joliet
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 76 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 (609).
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.
Joliet Elementary School District
Joliet’s elementary school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,832 per pupil, $7,175 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.
Joliet High School District · $14,371 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Joliet’s votes are counted by county
Montana reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Joliet alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Carbon County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican64.7%4,719 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat32.2%2,353 votesOthers: 3.1% (225 votes).
Most votes in Carbon County: Donald J Trump
Montana: Trump 58.4%, Harris 38.5%
100% of Joliet lies in Carbon County. Every 2024 race in Carbon County is on the county’s page.
Carbon 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 Joliet.
- 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 Joliet’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Joliet’s government
How much does Joliet spend per resident?
About $929 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $727 was less than 57% of 51 Montana cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Joliet?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,271 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.54% 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 Joliet’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Joliet yet.
How did Joliet vote in 2024?
Montana counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Joliet alone. Carbon County, where 100% of Joliet lies, voted Trump 64.7%, Harris 32.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Joliet?
8 full-time and 5 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $17,764 (about $213,168 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Joliet in the state legislature?
State Senate District 28 (Forrest Mandeville) and State House District 55 (Brad Barker). The House district also covers four 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; 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 →