Carrier Congregational Church · Photo: OKJaguar · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Carrier run?
Carrier’s town government spent $16,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $190 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Carrier didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Carrier is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $190 per resident a year, or $0.52 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 69%.
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Carrier 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 Carrier yet
Every year of Carrier’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 $900 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.97% of the home’s value, vs 0.80% across Oklahoma.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Carrier’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 Carrier’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Carrier →
Who’s in charge in Carrier
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Chisholm Public Schools
Carrier’s K–12 school district, shared with North Enid. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $10,846 per pupil, $6,034 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.
Oklahoma districts overall: 42% local, 45% state, 14% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Carrier’s votes are counted by county
Oklahoma reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Carrier alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Garfield County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican76.0%16,593 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat22.2%4,849 votesOthers: 1.8% (402 votes).
Most votes in Garfield County: Donald J Trump
Oklahoma: Trump 66.2%, Harris 31.9%
100% of Carrier lies in Garfield County. Every 2024 race in Garfield County is on the county’s page.
Garfield 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 Carrier.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Oklahoma HouseState representatives
- 3Oklahoma SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Oklahoma
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Carrier’s government
How much does Carrier spend per resident?
About $190 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Carrier didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $43,000.
What is the property tax rate in Carrier?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $900 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.97% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.80% across Oklahoma. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Carrier’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Carrier yet.
How did Carrier vote in 2024?
Oklahoma counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Carrier alone. Garfield County, where 100% of Carrier lies, voted Trump 76.0%, Harris 22.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Carrier?
0 full-time and 4 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $1,954 (about $23,448 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Carrier in the state legislature?
State Senate District 19 (Roland Pederson) and State House District 58 (Carl Newton). 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 Carrier, 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 →