How is Speed run?
Speed’s town government spent $46,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $622 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Speed didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Speed is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $622 per resident a year, or $1.70 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 57%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Speed 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 Speed yet
Every year of Speed’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 $583 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Speed’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 Speed’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Speed →
Who’s in charge in Speed
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Edgecombe County Schools
Speed’s K–12 school district, shared with Conetoe, Leggett, Macclesfield, Pinetops, Princeville and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,145 per pupil, $8,416 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.
North Carolina districts overall: 26% local, 57% state, 17% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Speed’s votes are counted by county
North Carolina reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Speed alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Edgecombe County’s results.
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat60.9%14,902 votes
Donald J TrumpRepublican38.3%9,356 votesOthers: 0.8% (193 votes).
Most votes in Edgecombe County: Kamala D Harris
North Carolina: Trump 50.9%, Harris 47.6%
100% of Speed lies in Edgecombe County. Every 2024 race in Edgecombe County is on the county’s page.
Edgecombe 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 Speed.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2North Carolina HouseState representatives
- 3North Carolina SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of North Carolina
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Speed’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Speed’s government
How much does Speed spend per resident?
About $622 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Speed didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $46,000.
Who runs Speed’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Speed yet.
How did Speed vote in 2024?
North Carolina counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Speed alone. Edgecombe County, where 100% of Speed lies, voted Harris 60.9%, Trump 38.3% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Speed?
0 full-time and 7 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $841 (about $10,092 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Speed in the state legislature?
State Senate District 5 (Kandie Smith) and State House District 23 (Shelly Willingham). The House district also covers 26 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 Speed, 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 →