Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainHow is Kimball run?
Kimball’s city government spent $4.5 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $2,048 per resident. Water and other utilities ($3.5 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Kimball is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $2,048 per resident a year, or $5.61 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 29%.
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No comparison for Kimball yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Kimball’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported 47% of its 2022 dollars), so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is down 17% since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Kimball reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2023: $2,397 · 2024: $2,048.
full-time in March 2025, up from 34 in 2022.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $1,797 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.60% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Nebraska.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Kimball’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 Kimball’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Kimball →
Who’s in charge in Kimball
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Kimball’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on kimballne.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 54 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (2,206).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Kimball Public Schools
Kimball’s K–12 school district, shared with Bushnell. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $18,716 per pupil, $11,504 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.
Nebraska districts overall: 56% local, 34% state, 10% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Kimball’s votes are counted by county
Nebraska reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Kimball alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Kimball County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican82.8%1,424 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat15.8%272 votesOthers: 1.4% (24 votes).
Most votes in Kimball County: Donald J Trump
Nebraska: Trump 59.3%, Harris 38.9%
100% of Kimball lies in Kimball County. Every 2024 race in Kimball County is on the county’s page.
Kimball 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 Kimball.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: kimballne.org ↗
- 2Nebraska SenateState senator
- 3GovernorStatewide
- 4U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 5U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Nebraska
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Kimball’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Kimball’s government
How much does Kimball spend per resident?
About $2,048 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Kimball?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,797 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.60% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Nebraska. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see kimballne.org.
Who runs Kimball’s government?
See kimballne.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Kimball yet.
How did Kimball vote in 2024?
Nebraska counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Kimball alone. Kimball County, where 100% of Kimball lies, voted Trump 82.8%, Harris 15.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Kimball?
41 full-time and 9 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $207,654 (about $2.5M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Kimball in the state legislature?
State Senate District 48 (Brian Hardin). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Kimball’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; 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 →