How is Alto run?
Alto’s town government spent $0 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, about $0 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Alto didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Alto is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
No comparison or trend for Alto yet
Every year of Alto’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 $993 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.06% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Alto’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 Alto’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Alto →
Who’s in charge in Alto
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Alto’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on altotexas.org ↗.
One full-time town employee for every 103 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (1,239).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Alto Independent School District
Alto’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $18,639 per pupil, $11,054 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.
Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Alto’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Alto alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Cherokee County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican80.9%16,593 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat18.3%3,744 votesOthers: 0.8% (170 votes).
Most votes in Cherokee County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Alto lies in Cherokee County. Every 2024 race in Cherokee County is on the county’s page.
Cherokee 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 Alto.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: altotexas.org ↗
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Alto’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Alto’s government
How much does Alto spend per resident?
About $0 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Alto didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $311,000.
What is the property tax rate in Alto?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $993 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.06% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see altotexas.org.
Who runs Alto’s government?
See altotexas.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Alto yet.
How did Alto vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Alto alone. Cherokee County, where 100% of Alto lies, voted Trump 80.9%, Harris 18.3% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Alto?
12 full-time and 1 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $46,084 (about $553,008 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Alto in the state legislature?
State Senate District 3 (Robert Nichols) and State House District 8 (Cody Harris). The House district also covers 38 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Alto’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 Alto, 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 →