Photo: Evanoco · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Paxville run?
Paxville’s town government spent $155,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $881 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Paxville didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Paxville is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
The typical homeowner pays $657 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.49% of the home’s value, vs 0.48% across South Carolina.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Paxville’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 Paxville’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Paxville →
About $881 per resident a year, or $2.41 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 72%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Paxville 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 Paxville yet
Every year of Paxville’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 →Who’s in charge in Paxville
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Paxville’s votes are counted by county
South Carolina reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Paxville alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Clarendon County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican55.5%9,065 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat43.3%7,064 votesOthers: 1.2% (191 votes).
Most votes in Clarendon County: Donald J Trump
South Carolina: Trump 58.2%, Harris 40.4%
100% of Paxville lies in Clarendon County. Every 2024 race in Clarendon County is on the county’s page.
Clarendon 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 Paxville.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2South Carolina HouseState representatives
- 3South Carolina SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of South Carolina
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Paxville’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Paxville’s government
How much does Paxville spend per resident?
About $881 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Paxville didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $155,000.
What is the property tax rate in Paxville?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $657 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.49% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.48% across South Carolina. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Paxville’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Paxville yet.
How did Paxville vote in 2024?
South Carolina counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Paxville alone. Clarendon County, where 100% of Paxville lies, voted Trump 55.5%, Harris 43.3% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Paxville?
0 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $800 (about $9,600 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Paxville in the state legislature?
State Senate District 36 (Jeff Zell) and State House District 64 (Fawn Pedalino). The House district also covers four other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Paxville’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 (for Paxville, 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 →