How is Double Horn run?
Double Horn’s city government spent $54,000 on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, about $227 per resident.
What stands out about how Double Horn is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Marble Falls Independent School District
Double Horn’s K–12 school district, shared with Cottonwood Shores, Granite Shoals, Highland Haven, Marble Falls, Meadowlakes. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,506 per pupil, $7,722 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.
About $227 per resident a year, or $0.62 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 54%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Double Horn collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.
$361 per resident in 2022, close to the middle of similar cities
Double Horn’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($361 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 346 Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $433, and the middle half spent $184–$752. Double Horn spent less than 57% of them.
Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Double Horn itself left out).
Day-to-day spending is down 37% since 2022
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Double Horn reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2022: $361 · 2023: $227.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $9,976 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.21% 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 Double Horn’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 Double Horn’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Double Horn →
Who’s in charge in Double Horn
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
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Questions about Double Horn’s government
How much does Double Horn spend per resident?
About $227 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $361 was less than 57% of 346 Texas cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
What is the property tax rate in Double Horn?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $9,976 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.21% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Double Horn’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Double Horn yet.
How many people work for Double Horn?
0 full-time and 1 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $308 (about $3,696 a year if every month were the same), as reported to 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; 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 →