How is Trent run?
Trent’s town government spent $186,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $845 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Trent didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Trent is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $845 per resident a year, or $2.32 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 38%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Trent 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 Trent yet
Every year of Trent’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 $1,413 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.97% of the home’s value, vs 1.06% across South Dakota.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Trent’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 Trent’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Trent →
Who’s in charge in Trent
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Flandreau School District 50-3
Trent’s K–12 school district, shared with Flandreau, Union Township, Ward, Flandreau Township, Spring Creek Township and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,234 per pupil, $6,721 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.
South Dakota districts overall: 50% local, 31% state, 19% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Trent’s votes are counted by county
South Dakota reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Trent alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Moody County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican64.8%2,068 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat33.0%1,052 votesOthers: 2.2% (69 votes).
Most votes in Moody County: Donald J Trump
South Dakota: Trump 63.4%, Harris 34.2%
100% of Trent lies in Moody County. Every 2024 race in Moody County is on the county’s page.
Moody 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 Trent.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2South Dakota HouseState representatives
- 3South Dakota SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of South Dakota
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Trent compares with the towns next door
Trent’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 1 of the 2 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $394 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Blinsmon Township | $394 | $3,087 |
| Enterprise Township | estimate | $4,808 |
| Trent | estimate | $1,413 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Trent’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Trent’s government
How much does Trent spend per resident?
About $845 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Trent didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $246,000.
What is the property tax rate in Trent?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,413 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.97% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.06% across South Dakota. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Trent’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Trent yet.
How did Trent vote in 2024?
South Dakota counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Trent alone. Moody County, where 100% of Trent lies, voted Trump 64.8%, Harris 33.0% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Trent?
0 full-time and 5 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $3,843 (about $46,116 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Trent in the state legislature?
State Senate District 25 (Tom Pischke) and State House District 25 (Jon Hansen and Les Heinemann). The House district also covers 47 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 Trent, 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 →