How is Browndell run?
Browndell’s city government spent $3.5 million on day-to-day services in the year to October 31, 2022, about $17,029 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Browndell didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
About $17,029 per resident a year, or $46.65 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: courts, inspections & corrections, at 57%.
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Browndell 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 Browndell yet
Every year of Browndell’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city 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 Browndell
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 204 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (204).
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.
Brookeland Independent School District
Browndell’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $16,871 per pupil, $9,739 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.
Browndell’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Browndell alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Jasper County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican83.0%13,162 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat16.5%2,615 votesOthers: 0.5% (83 votes).
Most votes in Jasper County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Browndell lies in Jasper County. Every 2024 race in Jasper County is on the county’s page.
Jasper 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 Browndell.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 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.
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Questions about Browndell’s government
How much does Browndell spend per resident?
About $17,029 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to October 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Browndell didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $3.9 million.
Who runs Browndell’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Browndell yet.
How did Browndell vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Browndell alone. Jasper County, where 100% of Browndell lies, voted Trump 83.0%, Harris 16.5% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Browndell?
1 full-time and 1 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $6,626 (about $79,512 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Browndell in the state legislature?
State Senate District 3 (Robert Nichols) and State House District 21 (Dade Phelan). The House district also covers 16 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 Browndell, 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 →