How is Caney City run?
Caney City’s city government spent $278,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $1,247 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Caney City didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Caney City is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,247 per resident a year, or $3.42 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 47%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Caney City 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 Caney City yet
Every year of Caney City’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 Caney City
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Caney City’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cityofcaneycitytx.com ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 74 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 (223).
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.
Malakoff Independent School District
Caney City’s K–12 school district, shared with Malakoff, Star Harbor, Tool, Trinidad. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,855 per pupil, $8,158 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.
Eustace Independent School District · $12,942 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Caney City’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Caney City alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Henderson County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican81.3%31,379 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat17.9%6,919 votesOthers: 0.8% (305 votes).
Most votes in Henderson County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Caney City lies in Henderson County. Every 2024 race in Henderson County is on the county’s page.
Henderson 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 Caney City.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: cityofcaneycitytx.com ↗
- 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.
How Caney City compares with the towns next door
Caney City’s own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 0 of the 2 towns next door reported 2022 figures. Tap a town to see its page.
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 Caney City’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Caney City’s government
How much does Caney City spend per resident?
About $1,247 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Caney City didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $393,000.
Who runs Caney City’s government?
See cityofcaneycitytx.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Caney City yet.
How did Caney City vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Caney City alone. Henderson County, where 100% of Caney City lies, voted Trump 81.3%, Harris 17.9% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Caney City?
3 full-time and 0 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $24,636 (about $295,632 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Caney City in the state legislature?
State Senate District 3 (Robert Nichols) and State House District 4 (Keith Bell). The House district also covers 29 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Caney City’s government
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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 Caney City, 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 →