Photo: Benjamin Courteau · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Stevensville run?
Stevensville’s town government spent $1.5 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $683 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Stevensville didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Stevensville is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $683 per resident a year, or $1.87 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 25%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Stevensville 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 Stevensville yet
Every year of Stevensville’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 $1,931 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.51% 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 Stevensville’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 Stevensville’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Stevensville →
Who’s in charge in Stevensville
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 312 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 (2,186).
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.
Stevensville Elementary School District
Stevensville’s elementary school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $9,490 per pupil, $5,374 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.
Stevensville High School District · $14,774 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Stevensville’s votes are counted by county
Montana reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Stevensville alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Ravalli County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican68.9%20,617 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat28.4%8,485 votesOthers: 2.7% (802 votes).
Most votes in Ravalli County: Donald J Trump
Montana: Trump 58.4%, Harris 38.5%
100% of Stevensville lies in Ravalli County. Every 2024 race in Ravalli County is on the county’s page.
Ravalli 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 Stevensville.
- 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 Stevensville’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Stevensville’s government
How much does Stevensville spend per resident?
About $683 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Stevensville didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $2.2 million.
What is the property tax rate in Stevensville?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,931 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.51% 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 Stevensville’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Stevensville yet.
How did Stevensville vote in 2024?
Montana counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Stevensville alone. Ravalli County, where 100% of Stevensville lies, voted Trump 68.9%, Harris 28.4% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Stevensville?
7 full-time and 18 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $52,633 (about $631,596 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Stevensville in the state legislature?
State Senate District 44 (Theresa Manzella) and State House District 88 (Greg Overstreet). 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 Stevensville, 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 →